# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/margaret-laurence
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:23:27.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/margaret-laurence"
name: "Margaret Laurence"
slug: "margaret-laurence"
description: "Jean Margaret Laurence was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization that seeks to encourage Canada's writing community."
tagline: "Canadian novelist and short story writer (1926-1987)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/MargaretLaurenceImage.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1926-07-18"
deathDate: "1987-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.56674666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491129/"
    handle:    "nm0491129"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Laurence"
    title: "Margaret Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Laurence"
    title: "Margaret Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Laurence"
    title: "Margaret Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Margaret Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Margaret Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134526"
    title: "Margaret Laurence"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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