# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/usman-awang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:31:11.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/usman-awang"
name: "Usman Awang"
slug: "usman-awang"
description: "Wan Osman Wan Awang, better known by his pen name Usman Awang, was a Malaysian poet, playwright, novelist and Malaysian National Laureate (1983)."
tagline: "Malaysian poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Usman_Awang.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-07-17"
deathDate: "2001-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.11
  momentum:             3.024509803921569
  historical:           7.481390666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%8C%E6%96%AF%E6%9B%BC%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E6%97%BA"
    title: "乌斯曼·阿旺"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "عثمان اوانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Awang"
    title: "Usman Awang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awang_Usman"
    title: "Awang Usman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awang_Usman"
    title: "Awang Usman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Awang"
    title: "Usman Awang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Усман Аванг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Awang"
    title: "Usman Awang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usmon_Avang"
    title: "Usmon Avang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2981524"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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