# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-elena-walsh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:34:18.170Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-elena-walsh"
name: "María Elena Walsh"
slug: "maria-elena-walsh"
description: "María Elena Walsh was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children. Her work includes many of the most popular children's books and songs of all time in her home country."
tagline: "Argentine author and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Walsh_by_Anatole_Saderman%2C_1963.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Argentina"
  isoCode: "AR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-02-01"
deathDate: "2011-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.561656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  237
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909767/"
    handle:    "nm0909767"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا ايلينا والش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماریا النا والش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "María Elena Walshová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Walsh"
    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מריה אלנה וולש"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մարիա Էլենա Ուոլշ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マリア・エレナ・ワルシュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Helena Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Elena_Walsh"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188848"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1306916"
    title: "María Elena Walsh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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