# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pavol-rankov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:52:30.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pavol-rankov"
name: "Pavol Rankov"
slug: "pavol-rankov"
description: "Pavol Rankov is a Slovak writer. Rankov was born in Poprad and went to school in Bratislava. He studied library science at the Comenius University, graduating in 1987. He then worked at the Slovak National Library in Martin and at the Slovak Pedagogic Library in Bratislava. In 1993, Rankov joined the staff of the Comenius University.\nHe won the European Book Prize as well as the Angelus Award for his novel Stalo sa prvého septembra, translated into English as It Happened on September the First ."
tagline: "Slovak writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pavol_Rankov_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.53722133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "پاڤول رانكوڤ"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Павол Ранков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pavol Rankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pavol Rankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pavol Rankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پاول رانکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pavol Rankov"
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    title: "Pavol Rankov"
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    title: "Pavol Rankov"
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    title: "Pavol Rankov"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump