# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meindert-dejong
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:55:00.188Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meindert-dejong"
name: "Meindert DeJong"
slug: "meindert-dejong"
description: "Meindert De Jong, also spelled de Jong, DeJong, or Dejong, was a Dutch-born American Newbery Medal–winning writer of children's books. During the height of his popularity, he frequently collaborated with Maurice Sendak, who illustrated seven of De Jong's books."
tagline: "American children's writer (1906–1991)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/Meindert_DeJong.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1906-03-04"
deathDate: "1991-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.03809523809523809
  historical:           16.618972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump