# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karlis-skalbe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:22:50.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karlis-skalbe"
name: "Kārlis Skalbe"
slug: "karlis-skalbe"
description: "Kārlis Skalbe was a Latvian writer, poet, and activist. He is best known for his 72 fairy tales, written for adults and children. He has been called the 'King of Fairytales', and his words, Tēvzemei un Brīvībai, are inscribed on the Monument of Freedom in Riga."
tagline: "Latvian writer (1879–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K%C4%81rlis_Skalbe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1879-11-07"
deathDate: "1945-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump