# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/naim-kattan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:37:54.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/naim-kattan"
name: "Naïm Kattan"
slug: "naim-kattan"
description: "Naïm Kattan, was a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic of Iraqi Jewish origin. He was the author of more than 30 books, translated into several languages."
tagline: "Canadian writer (1928-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kattan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-08-26"
deathDate: "2021-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.342369333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFm_Kattan"
    title: "Naïm Kattan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "نعيم قطان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "نعيم قطان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFm_Kattan"
    title: "Naïm Kattan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFm_Kattan"
    title: "Naïm Kattan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%AFm_Kattan"
    title: "Naïm Kattan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%9F"
    title: "נעים קטן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2298711"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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