# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sabeena-rafi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:12:51.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sabeena-rafi"
name: "Sabeena Rafi"
slug: "sabeena-rafi"
description: "Sabeena Rafi was an Indian essayist and historian of Malayalam literature. Her oeuvre consists of philosophical works, an autobiography and Chavittu Nadakam - Oru Charithra Padanam, the first historical compendium on Chavittu Nadakam, an operatic dance form. Her book, Kaliyugam, a philosophical work jointly written with her husband, Ponjikkara Rafi, fetched her the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works in 1972."
tagline: "Indian essayist and historian of Malayalam literature"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-10-06"
deathDate: "1990-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.868682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "സെബീന റാഫി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سابينا رافى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sabeena Rafi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سبینہ رفیع"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF"
    title: "சபீனா ரபி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%80"
    title: "సబీనా రఫీ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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