# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/siegfried-kracauer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:47:11.239Z

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name: "Siegfried Kracauer"
slug: "siegfried-kracauer"
description: "Siegfried Kracauer was a German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist. He has sometimes been associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. He is notable for arguing that realism is the most important function of cinema."
tagline: "German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist (1889-1966)"
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birthDate: "1889-02-08"
deathDate: "1966-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump