# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russell-banks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:09:37.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russell-banks"
name: "Russell Banks"
slug: "russell-banks"
description: "Russell Earl Banks was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for \"detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters\". He drew from his own childhood in the working class, but also from the larger world, such as his years in Jamaica. His novels often reflect \"moral themes and personal relationships\"."
tagline: "American writer (1940–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russell_banks_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-03-28"
deathDate: "2023-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.792204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0001930"
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    title: "Russell Banks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump