# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sophia-wadia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:43:22.686Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sophia-wadia"
name: "Sophia Wadia"
slug: "sophia-wadia"
description: "Sophia Wadia, née Sophia Camacho, was a Colombian-born naturalized Indian theosophist, littérateur, the founder of PEN All India Centre and the founder editor of its journal, The Indian PEN. She also cofounded The Indian Institute of World Culture, Bangalore and the Asian Book Trust, Bombay. The Government of India honoured Wadia in 1960, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award, for her services to the nation."
tagline: "Columbian-born Indian theosophist and writer (1901-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sophia_Wadia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901"
deathDate: "1986-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump