# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ved-mehta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:49:22.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ved-mehta"
name: "Ved Mehta"
slug: "ved-mehta"
description: "Ved Parkash Mehta was an Indian-born writer who lived and worked mainly in the United States. Blind from an early age, Mehta is best known for an autobiography published in installments from 1972 to 2004. He wrote for The New Yorker for many years."
tagline: "Indian-American writer (1934–2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Ved_Mehta.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-03-21"
deathDate: "2021-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.231968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://vedmehta.com/"
sources:
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    title: "وید مہتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڤيد ميهتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ved Mehta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ved_Mehta"
    title: "Ved Mehta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਵੇਦ ਮਹਿਤਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%85%DB%81%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "وید مہتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "வேத் மேத்தா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "వేద్ మెహతా"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7917875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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