# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karin-spaink
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:51:07.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karin-spaink"
name: "Karin Spaink"
slug: "karin-spaink"
description: "Karin Spaink was a Dutch journalist, writer and feminist. She was also a free speech advocate and social critic, who criticized New Age writers and the Church of Scientology."
tagline: "Dutch writer and journalist (1957–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karin_Spaink.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-12-20"
deathDate: "2026-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.032945333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Spaink"
    title: "Karin Spaink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "كارين سپاينك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Spaink"
    title: "Karin Spaink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D6%83%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B6%D5%AF"
    title: "Կարին Սփայնկ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Spaink"
    title: "Karin Spaink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Spaink"
    title: "Karin Spaink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Spaink"
    title: "Karin Spaink"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6370930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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