# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sebastian-barry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:07:41.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sebastian-barry"
name: "Sebastian Barry"
slug: "sebastian-barry"
description: "Sebastian Barry is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet. He was named Laureate for Irish Fiction, 2018–2021. The French government named him a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2024. He is considered \"one of Ireland’s most acclaimed and accomplished novelists\", with \"a distinctive place in contemporary Irish culture\"."
tagline: "Irish playwright and novelist (born 1955)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-07-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.44723733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6099545/"
    handle:    "nm6099545"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سيباستيان بارى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Себастиан Бари"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sebastian Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry"
    title: "Sebastian Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry"
    title: "Sebastian Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry"
    title: "Sebastian Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry"
    title: "Sebastian Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry"
    title: "Sebastian Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry"
    title: "Sebastian Barry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Барри, Себастьян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1437671"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump