# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mari-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:41:02.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mari-evans"
name: "Mari Evans"
slug: "mari-evans"
description: "Mari Evans was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist associated with the Black Arts Movement. Evans received grants and awards including a lifetime achievement award from the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation. Her poetry is known for its lyrical simplicity and the directness of its themes. She also wrote nonfiction and edited Black Women Writers (1950–1980): A Critical Evaluation, an important and timely critical anthology devoted to the work of 15 writers. Evans died at the age of 97 in Indianapolis, Indiana."
tagline: "American poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mari_Evans_-_1985_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1919-07-16"
deathDate: "2017-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.8063
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ماري إيفانز (كاتبة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Evans"
    title: "Mari Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Evans"
    title: "Mari Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Evans"
    title: "Mari Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Evans"
    title: "Mari Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%96%E1%83%98"
    title: "მარი ევანზი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "మారి ఎవాన్స్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6760894"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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