# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/urs-widmer
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:52.651Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/urs-widmer"
name: "Urs Widmer"
slug: "urs-widmer"
description: "Urs Widmer was a Swiss novelist, playwright, an essayist, and a short story writer."
tagline: "Swiss novelist, playwright (1938–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Urs-widmer-2012-ffm-066.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-05-21"
deathDate: "2014-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.491326680981855
  historical:           21.56825333333333
  currentAttention:     45.15599343185549
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1652175/"
    handle:    "nm1652175"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump