# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marie-arana
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:58:58.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marie-arana"
name: "Marie Arana"
slug: "marie-arana"
description: "Marie Arana is a Peruvian American author, editor, journalist, critic, and the inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie_Arana_at_the_2024_Library_of_Congress_National_Book_Festival_on_August_24%2C_2024_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.155365333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/aranama"
    handle:    "aranama"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://mariearana.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90"
    title: "მარი არანა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "ماري أرانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "مارى ارانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "ماری آرانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Arana"
    title: "Marie Arana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Arana"
    title: "Marie Arana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%94"
    title: "מארי אראנה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12052943"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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