# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-mais
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:20:49.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-mais"
name: "Roger Mais"
slug: "roger-mais"
description: "Roger Mais OJ was a Jamaican journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright. He was born to a middle-class family in Kingston, Jamaica. By 1951, he had won ten first prizes in West Indian literary competitions. His integral role in the development of political and cultural nationalism is evidenced in his being awarded the high honour of the Order of Jamaica in 1978."
tagline: "Jamaican writer (1905-1955)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1905-08-11"
deathDate: "1955-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.672390666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mais"
    title: "Roger Mais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "روجر مايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "روجر مايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mais"
    title: "Roger Mais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mais"
    title: "Roger Mais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mais"
    title: "Roger Mais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185333"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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