# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/katha-pollitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:24:46.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/katha-pollitt"
name: "Katha Pollitt"
slug: "katha-pollitt"
description: "Katha Pollitt is an American poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry. Her writing focuses on political and social issues from a left-leaning perspective, including abortion, racism, welfare reform, feminism, and poverty."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katha_Pollitt_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1949-10-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.57
  momentum:             1.143827859569649
  historical:           7.968757333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "KathaPollitt"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1801092/"
    handle:    "nm1801092"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kathapollitt.blogspot.com/"
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    title: "كاثا پوليت"
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    title: "کته پولیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katha_Pollitt"
    title: "Katha Pollitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katha_Pollitt"
    title: "Katha Pollitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katha_Pollitt"
    title: "Katha Pollitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katha_Pollitt"
    title: "Katha Pollitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katha_Pollitt"
    title: "Katha Pollitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "கதா பொலிட்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Katha Pollitt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump