# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-godwin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:19:35.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-godwin"
name: "Peter Godwin"
slug: "peter-godwin"
description: "Peter Godwin is a Zimbabwean author, journalist, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer. Best known for his writings concerning the breakdown of his native Zimbabwe, he has reported from more than 60 countries and written several books. He served as president of PEN American Center from 2012 to 2015 and resides in Manhattan, New York, United States."
tagline: "Zimbabwean writer and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Godwin_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-12-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.714726291441787
  historical:           7.400376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/petergodwin"
    handle:    "petergodwin"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://petergodwin.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "بيتر جودوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيتر جودوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Godwin"
    title: "Peter Godwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Godwin"
    title: "Peter Godwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Godwin"
    title: "Peter Godwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Godwin_(escritor)"
    title: "Peter Godwin (escritor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Godwin"
    title: "Peter Godwin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3376617"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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