# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-m-disch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:28:16.173Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-m-disch"
name: "Thomas M. Disch"
slug: "thomas-m-disch"
description: "Thomas Michael Disch was an American science fiction writer and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book—previously called \"Best Non-Fiction Book\"—in 1999. He had two other Hugo nominations and nine Nebula Award nominations to his credit, plus one win of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, a Rhysling Award, and two Seiun Awards, among others."
tagline: "American science fiction author and poet (1940–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Disch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-02-02"
deathDate: "2008-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.517212109780251
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump