# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tess-gallagher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:04:15.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tess-gallagher"
name: "Tess Gallagher"
slug: "tess-gallagher"
description: "Tess Gallagher is an American poet, essayist, and short story writer. Among her many honors were a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts award, and the Maxine Cushing Gray Foundation Award. In 2023, Gallagher became the first American writer to have been awarded the prestigious international Fondazione Roma di poesia Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry. \"Tess Gallagher\". poets.org. Retrieved May 12, 2026."
tagline: "American writer (b. 1943)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.796945333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تيس غالاغير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B1"
    title: "تس قالاقر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gallagher"
    title: "Tess Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gallagher"
    title: "Tess Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "تس گالاگر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gallagher"
    title: "Tess Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gallagher"
    title: "Tess Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gallagher"
    title: "Tess Gallagher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC"
    title: "テス・ギャラガー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3984991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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