# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tarjei-vesaas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:50:56.918Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tarjei-vesaas"
name: "Tarjei Vesaas"
slug: "tarjei-vesaas"
description: "Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II."
tagline: "Norwegian author (1897–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tarjei_Vesaas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1897-08-20"
deathDate: "1970-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.51
  momentum:             1.13314447592068
  historical:           22.684888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  248
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895168/"
    handle:    "nm0895168"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump