# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherwood-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:34:23.352Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/sherwood-anderson"
name: "Sherwood Anderson"
slug: "sherwood-anderson"
description: "Sherwood Anderson was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and family to become a writer."
tagline: "American writer (1876–1941)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1876-09-13"
deathDate: "1941-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump