# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sean-o-faolain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:13:33.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sean-o-faolain"
name: "Seán Ó Faoláin"
slug: "sean-o-faolain"
description: "Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Irish culture. A short-story writer of international repute, he was also a leading commentator and critic."
tagline: "Irish writer (1900-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sean-OFaolain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1900-02-22"
deathDate: "1991-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.83
  momentum:             0.6022845275181724
  historical:           10.97008933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640966/"
    handle:    "nm0640966"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سيان او فاولاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seán Ó Faoláin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Faol%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Faoláin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_O'Faolain"
    title: "Sean O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Faol%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán Ó Faoláin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_O'Faolain"
    title: "Seán O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_O'Faolain"
    title: "Sean O'Faolain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_O%E2%80%99Faol%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán O’Faoláin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%E2%80%99%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "О’Фаолейн, Шон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_O'Faol%C3%A1in"
    title: "Seán O'Faoláin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e47e9b86-211a-4507-a65a-123918810192"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1348153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2397837"
    title: "Sean O’Faoláin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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