# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sandra-jayat
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:17:35.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sandra-jayat"
name: "Sandra Jayat"
slug: "sandra-jayat"
description: "Sandra Jayat was a French writer and artist of Romani descent. She left her nomadic family at age 15. She travelled on her own to Italy and Paris. She became associated with the surviving family of Django Reinhardt. In Paris, she was encouraged by the writers Marcel Aymé and Jean Cocteau, plus as an artist by Chagall and Picasso. She published many works of literature documenting the experience of Romanies in France and has advocated on behalf of Roma and Sinti at the international level, and is a recognized artist whose work has featured in well regarded exhibitions. She resided in Paris up to her death."
tagline: "French painter and poet of Romani origin"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Sandra_Jayat_EP_cover%2C_1967.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1930-05-13"
deathDate: "2025-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.97
  momentum:             1.084745762711864
  historical:           5.945105333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4658255"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Jayat"
    title: "Sandra Jayat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Jayat"
    title: "Sandra Jayat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Jayat"
    title: "Sandra Jayat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Jayat"
    title: "Sandra Jayat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Jayat"
    title: "Sandra Jayat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%96%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B0"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3471906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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