# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lew-welch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:56:13.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lew-welch"
name: "Lew Welch"
slug: "lew-welch"
description: "Lewis Barrett Welch Jr. was an American poet associated with the Beat Generation literary movement."
tagline: "American poet (1926–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lew_Welch_1968_(2)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1926-08-16"
deathDate: "1971-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.99
  momentum:             7.583643122676579
  historical:           9.444424
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3eb3c1df-6db8-4059-a0ba-f64d5c7abfde"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B4"
    title: "ليو ويلش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Welch"
    title: "Lew Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Welch"
    title: "Lew Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Welch"
    title: "Lew Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Welch"
    title: "Lew Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Welch"
    title: "Lew Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Welch"
    title: "Lew Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Welch"
    title: "Lew Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%87%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8C%D1%8E"
    title: "Уэлч, Лью"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Welch"
    title: "Lew Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2474259"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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