# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mackinlay-kantor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:43:29.415Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mackinlay-kantor"
name: "MacKinlay Kantor"
slug: "mackinlay-kantor"
description: "MacKinlay Kantor, born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel, Andersonville."
tagline: "American journalist, novelist and screenwriter (1904-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Novelist_MacKinlay_Kantor_playing_the_guitar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1904-02-04"
deathDate: "1977-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump