# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lionel-abrahams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:39:26.778Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lionel-abrahams"
name: "Lionel Abrahams"
slug: "lionel-abrahams"
description: "Lionel Abrahams was a South African novelist, poet, editor, critic, essayist and publisher. He was born in Johannesburg, where he lived his entire life. He was born with cerebral palsy and had to use a wheelchair until 11 years of age."
tagline: "South African novelist, poet, editor, critic, essayist and publisher (1928–2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-04-11"
deathDate: "2004-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.58
  momentum:             1.25
  historical:           6.137113333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Abrahams"
    title: "Lionel Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Abrahams"
    title: "Lionel Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ليونيل أبراهامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Abrahams"
    title: "Lionel Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Abrahams"
    title: "Lionel Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Abrahams"
    title: "Lionel Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Abrahams"
    title: "Lionel Abrahams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4120389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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