# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-edel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:34:59.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-edel"
name: "Leon Edel"
slug: "leon-edel"
description: "Joseph Leon Edel was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopher Abraham Edel."
tagline: "Canadian writer (1907–1997)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1907-09-09"
deathDate: "1997-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.94
  momentum:             0.6659715695488723
  historical:           5.485494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Edel"
    title: "Leon Edel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "ليون إدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "ليون ادل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Edel"
    title: "Leon Edel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Edel"
    title: "Leon Edel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Edel"
    title: "Leon Edel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611518"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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