# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mitiarjuk-nappaaluk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:35:35.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mitiarjuk-nappaaluk"
name: "Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk"
slug: "mitiarjuk-nappaaluk"
description: "Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk was an Inuk author, educator, and sculptor from Kangiqsujuaq in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. She was noted for writing Sanaaq, one of the first Inuktitut-language novels. Nappaaluk translated books into Inuktitut and contributed to an early Inuktitut dictionary. She went on to teach Inuit culture and language in the Nunavik region, authoring a total of 22 books for use in schools. Her soapstone sculptures are held in collections at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, the Musée de la Civilisation, and the British Museum."
tagline: "Canadian author and sculptor (1931–2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Inuk_author_Mitiarjuk_Nappaaluk_in_1996.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931"
deathDate: "2007-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.071994666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitiarjuk_Nappaaluk"
    title: "Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ميتيارچوك ناپالوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitiarjuk_Nappaaluk"
    title: "Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitiarjuk_Nappaaluk"
    title: "Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitiarjuk_Attasi_Nappaaluk"
    title: "Mitiarjuk Attasi Nappaaluk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitiarjuk_Nappaaluk"
    title: "Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42008145"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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