# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/liz-lochhead
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:17:20.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/liz-lochhead"
name: "Liz Lochhead"
slug: "liz-lochhead"
description: "Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011."
tagline: "Scottish poet and essayist (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liz_Lochead_at_the_STABF.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.957453333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1251162"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ليز لوتشهيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Lochhead"
    title: "Liz Lochhead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Lochhead"
    title: "Liz Lochhead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Lochhead"
    title: "Liz Lochhead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Lochhead"
    title: "Liz Lochhead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a0a5249e-f768-445d-9557-2405479cdc3f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6660222"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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