# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/menahem-ben
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:44:16.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/menahem-ben"
name: "Menahem Ben"
slug: "menahem-ben"
description: "Menahem Ben was an Israeli poet and journalist and an outspoken literary and culture critic. He was a frequent op-ed contributor and authored two weekly columns, on culture and literature, in the Maariv daily newspaper, as well as a monthly book review page in that paper's literary supplement. He specialized in publishing provocative opinions, for instance that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is an \"idiotic idea\"."
tagline: "Israeli poet (1948-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9F_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1948-10-31"
deathDate: "2020-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.75
  momentum:             2.380952380952381
  historical:           5.490066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menahem_Ben"
    title: "Menahem Ben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مناحيم بين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مناحيم بين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9F"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9F"
    title: "מנחם בן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BC"
    title: "Бен, Менахем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6816410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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