# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheila-cussons
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:04.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheila-cussons"
name: "Sheila Cussons"
slug: "sheila-cussons"
description: "Sheila Cussons was an Afrikaans poet. She was born on the Moravia missionary station near Piketberg, South Africa, and, after matriculating from Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, studied fine arts at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. She was one of the most important poets in Afrikaans, besides an accomplished painter and artist."
tagline: "South African poet (1922–2004)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-08-09"
deathDate: "2004-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.91
  momentum:             3.513513513513513
  historical:           9.870734666666667
  currentAttention:     18.51851851851852
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "شيلا كوسونس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%AC%D5%A1_%D4%BF%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%BD"
    title: "Շեյլա Կեսոնս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Cussons"
    title: "Sheila Cussons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Кессонс, Шейла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2568495"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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