# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sofia-samatar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:17.391Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sofia-samatar"
name: "Sofia Samatar"
slug: "sofia-samatar"
description: "Sofia Samatar is an American scholar, novelist and educator from Indiana. She is an associate professor of English at James Madison University."
tagline: "Somali-American writer (1971-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sofia_Samatar_(1)_-_Imaginales_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.89874266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.sofiasamatar.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "صوفيا سمتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "صوفيا سمتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ソフィア・サマター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Саматар, София"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Софія Саматар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Samatar"
    title: "Sofia Samatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18085614"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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