# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patricia-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:12:11.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patricia-smith"
name: "Patricia Smith"
slug: "patricia-smith"
description: "Patricia Smith is an American poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, author, writing teacher, and former journalist. She won the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry for her collection The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems; in 2026, the collection was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry."
tagline: "American poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patricia-smith.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.433588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "باتريسيا سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "باتريسيا سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Smith_(poet)"
    title: "Patricia Smith (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Smith"
    title: "Patricia Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patricia_Smith"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7145842"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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