# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-kurvitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:33:22.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-kurvitz"
name: "Robert Kurvitz"
slug: "robert-kurvitz"
description: "Robert Kurvitz is an Estonian novelist, video game designer, and musician. He was the lead writer and designer of the 2019 video game Disco Elysium as a founding member of the ZA/UM cultural association and the eponymous video game development company that emerged from it. Kurvitz was fired from ZA/UM in 2022 after conflicts arose with investors who had acquired a majority stake in the company."
tagline: "Estonian novelist and video game designer (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Kurvitz.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1984-10-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.16
  momentum:             8.104183320010659
  historical:           9.711741333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/452792"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "روبرت كورفيتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kurvitz"
    title: "Robert Kurvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kurvitz"
    title: "Robert Kurvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kurvitz"
    title: "Robert Kurvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kurvitz"
    title: "Robert Kurvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kurvitz"
    title: "Robert Kurvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Курвиц, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%86"
    title: "Роберт Курвіц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/091ec849-0e59-4d0e-a729-1856885e2dc1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16404726"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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