# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-b-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:17:16.130Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-b-wright"
name: "Richard B. Wright"
slug: "richard-b-wright"
description: "Richard Bruce Wright was a Canadian novelist. He was known for his break-through 2001 novel Clara Callan, which won three major literary awards in Canada: The Giller Prize, the Trillium Book Award, and the Governor General's Award."
tagline: "Canadian writer (1937–2017)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1937-03-04"
deathDate: "2017-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.514596734289957
  historical:           6.807776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ричард Б. Райт"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump