# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kangni-alem
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:20:45.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kangni-alem"
name: "Kangni Alem"
slug: "kangni-alem"
description: "Kangni Alem is a Togolese writer, translator, and literary critic. He is also a playwright and director, who in 1989 founded the Atelier Théâtre de Lomé. In 2003, he received the Great Literary Prize of Black Africa for his book, Cola Cola jazz. Also of note are his short story collections such as La gazelle s'agenouille pour pleurer."
tagline: "Togolese writer, translator and literary critic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Selecr_(356).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1966-04-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.83
  momentum:             5.294117647058822
  historical:           6.139705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kangnialem.togocultures.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangni_Alem"
    title: "Kangni Alem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangni_Alem"
    title: "Kangni Alem"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangni_Alem"
    title: "Kangni Alem"
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  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangni_Alem"
    title: "Kangni Alem"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangni_Alem"
    title: "Kangni Alem"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangni_Alem"
    title: "Kangni Alem"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3192652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump