# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rivka-galchen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:41:08.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rivka-galchen"
name: "Rivka Galchen"
slug: "rivka-galchen"
description: "Rivka Galchen is a Canadian American writer. Her first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, was published in 2008 and was awarded the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. She is the author of five books and a staff writer at The New Yorker."
tagline: "Canadian American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RivkaGalchen2009(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1976-04-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.641292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://rivkarickygalchen.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ريفكا جالتشين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "ریوکا قالکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivka_Galchen"
    title: "Rivka Galchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "ریوکا گالکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivka_Galchen"
    title: "Rivka Galchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2265147"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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