# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karel-kryl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:59:49.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karel-kryl"
name: "Karel Kryl"
slug: "karel-kryl"
description: "Karel Kryl was a Czechoslovak poet, singer-songwriter and author of many hit protest songs in which he explicitly criticized the Communist regimes in his home country for their hypocrisy and inhumanity."
tagline: "Czech singer-songwriter and poet (1944-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel_Kryl_v_roce_1990.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-04-12"
deathDate: "1994-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.50716666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4036102/"
    handle:    "nm4036102"
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    handle:    "5szmLsX7S9YVNuXs3Mlvrj"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.karelkryl.cz/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karel Kryl"
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    title: "Karel Kryl"
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    title: "Karel Kryl"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karel Kryl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karel Kryl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164593"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2227998"
    title: "Karel Kryl"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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