# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lyn-hejinian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:28:31.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lyn-hejinian"
name: "Lyn Hejinian"
slug: "lyn-hejinian"
description: "Lyn Hejinian was an American poet, essayist, translator, and publisher. She is often associated with the Language poets and is known for her landmark work My Life, as well as her book of essays, The Language of Inquiry."
tagline: "American poet, essayist, translator, publisher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lyn_Hejinian_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-05-17"
deathDate: "2024-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.36
  momentum:             10.96774193548387
  historical:           6.619188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لين هيچينيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Hejinian"
    title: "Lyn Hejinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Hejinian"
    title: "Lyn Hejinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Hejinian"
    title: "Lyn Hejinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Hejinian"
    title: "Lyn Hejinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Hejinian"
    title: "Lyn Hejinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lyn_Hejinian"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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