# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/purushottama-lal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:41:53.812Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/purushottama-lal"
name: "Purushottama Lal"
slug: "purushottama-lal"
description: "Purushottama Lal, commonly known as P. Lal, was an Indian poet, author, translator, professor and publisher. He was the founder of publishing firm Writers Workshop in Calcutta, established in 1958."
tagline: "Indian writer (1929–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Purushottama_Lal_in_2000.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-08-28"
deathDate: "2010-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.79
  momentum:             9.059139784946236
  historical:           5.282146666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2"
    title: "पुरुषोत्तम लाल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "پوروشوتاما لال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purushottama_Lal"
    title: "Purushottama Lal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Lal"
    title: "P. Lal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%AE_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2"
    title: "ਪੁਰਸ਼ੋਤਮ ਲਾਲ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._Lal"
    title: "P. Lal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5932306"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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