# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-longley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:25:28.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-longley"
name: "Michael Longley"
slug: "michael-longley"
description: "Michael George Longley was a Northern Irish poet. In his later years Longley observed: \"It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ... When I write a poem I am moving into unknown territory and hoping to be surprised by some kind of redemptive eloquence to cast light into dark corners\". Following his death, the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, called Longley \"a peerless poet\"."
tagline: "Northern Irish poet (1939–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Longley_at_Corrymeela_Peace_Center_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-07-27"
deathDate: "2025-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.225776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12044886/"
    handle:    "nm12044886"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Μάικλ Λόνγκλεϊ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Longley"
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    title: "Մայքլ Լոնգլի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Longley"
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    title: "Michael Longley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Longley"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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