# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-lax
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:50:34.945Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-lax"
name: "Robert Lax"
slug: "robert-lax"
description: "Robert Lax was an American poet, known in particular for his association with Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton. Another friend of his youth was the painter Ad Reinhardt. After a long period of drifting from job to job about the world, Lax settled on the island of Patmos during the latter part of his life. Considered by some to be a self-exiled hermit, he nonetheless welcomed visitors to his home, but did nothing to court publicity or expand his literary career or reputation."
tagline: "American poet (1915–2000)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1915-11-30"
deathDate: "2000-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.68
  momentum:             10.86290945841508
  historical:           8.162133333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493416/"
    handle:    "nm0493416"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/495594"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "روبيرت لاكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lax"
    title: "Robert Lax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lax"
    title: "Robert Lax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lax"
    title: "Robert Lax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lax"
    title: "Robert Lax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lax"
    title: "Robert Lax"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Лакс, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a536f2bc-324e-49a8-8546-12262cd70451"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2157996"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1874619"
    title: "Robert Lax"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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