# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-dorris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:09:01.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-dorris"
name: "Michael Dorris"
slug: "michael-dorris"
description: "Michael Anthony Dorris was an American novelist and scholar who was the first Chair of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College. His works include the novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1987) and the memoir The Broken Cord (1989)."
tagline: "American fiction writer, essayist, memoirist (1945–1997)"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1945-01-30"
deathDate: "1997-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.239263803680981
  historical:           10.36123866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0234093"
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    title: "Michael Dorris"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dorris"
    title: "Michael Dorris"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dorris"
    title: "Michael Dorris"
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    title: "Michael Dorris"
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    title: "Մայքլ Դորիս"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump