# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippe-besson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:38:31.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippe-besson"
name: "Philippe Besson"
slug: "philippe-besson"
description: "Philippe Besson is a French writer, playwright and screenwriter. Besson was born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente, and has written a total of 23 novels, several of which have been adapted for cinema or theater."
tagline: "French writer (born 1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe_Besson_2011_a.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1967-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.270279540387584
  historical:           17.87569466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078865/"
    handle:    "nm0078865"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump