# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-hurtado
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:06:20.556Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-hurtado"
name: "Oscar Hurtado"
slug: "oscar-hurtado"
description: "Oscar Hurtado (1919–1977) was a Cuban writer and journalist. He was born in Havana on August 8, 1919 and died on January 23, 1977. He was the son and grandson of fishermen, taught by his mother to read from age 2. Considered the father of Cuban science fiction, he might also be called the father of fantasy, police and horror literature on the Caribbean island. He has stood out as a writer not only for his work in these genres but for his outreach work as well."
tagline: "CUban writer (1919–1977)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1919"
deathDate: "1977"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35
  momentum:             0.1754385964912281
  historical:           5.668754666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hurtado"
    title: "Oscar Hurtado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "أوسكار هورتادو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "اوسكار هورتادو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A3%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE"
    title: "Оскар Уртадо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hurtado"
    title: "Oscar Hurtado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hurtado"
    title: "Oscar Hurtado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3356998"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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