# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-r-delany
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:36:32.380Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-r-delany"
name: "Samuel R. Delany"
slug: "samuel-r-delany"
description: "Samuel R. \"Chip\" Delany is an African American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction, memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society."
tagline: "American author and literary critic (born 1942)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1942-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump