# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-pinsky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:04:21.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-pinsky"
name: "Robert Pinsky"
slug: "robert-pinsky"
description: "Robert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. He was the first United States Poet Laureate to serve three terms. Recognized worldwide, Pinsky's work has earned numerous accolades. Pinsky is a professor of English and creative writing in the graduate writing program at Boston University. In 2015, the university named him a William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, the highest honor bestowed on senior faculty members who are actively involved in teaching, research, scholarship, and university civic life."
tagline: "American poet, editor, literary critic, academic (born 1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_pinsky_20050515.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-10-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.59381333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump