# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michelle-cliff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:12:01.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michelle-cliff"
name: "Michelle Cliff"
slug: "michelle-cliff"
description: "Michelle Carla Cliff was a Jamaican-American author whose notable works included Abeng (1985), No Telephone to Heaven (1987), and Free Enterprise (1993)."
tagline: "American novelist, short story writer, critic"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Michelle_Cliff_1980s.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-11-02"
deathDate: "2016-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.75
  momentum:             0.07220216606498196
  historical:           10.97350933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "ميشيل كليف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميشيل كليف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A3"
    title: "מישל קליף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Cliff"
    title: "Michelle Cliff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6836968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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