# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/munro-leaf
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:22:33.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/munro-leaf"
name: "Munro Leaf"
slug: "munro-leaf"
description: "Wilbur Monroe Leaf was an American writer of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936), a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour. Labeled as subversive, it stirred an international controversy."
tagline: "American writer and illustrator (1905–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Munro_Leaf_%26_Ferdinand_in_1937.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1905-12-04"
deathDate: "1976-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.48
  momentum:             2.083628632175762
  historical:           9.46138
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "مونرو ليف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "مونرو ليف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf"
    title: "Munro Leaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf"
    title: "Munro Leaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf"
    title: "Munro Leaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf"
    title: "Munro Leaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81"
    title: "مونرو لیف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf"
    title: "Munro Leaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf"
    title: "Munro Leaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/08dc076d-fef8-45b7-8eb2-792147a887f1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717175"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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