# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/virgilio-pinera
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:10:01.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/virgilio-pinera"
name: "Virgilio Piñera"
slug: "virgilio-pinera"
description: "Virgilio Piñera Llera was a Cuban author, playwright, poet, short story writer, essayist and translator. His best known works are the poem La isla en peso (1943), the collection of short stories Cuentos Fríos (1956), the novel La carne de René (1952) and the play Electra Garrigó (1959). He is also known for his role in the translation into Spanish of the novel Ferdydurke, by Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz."
tagline: "Cuban writer (1912–1979)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1912-08-04"
deathDate: "1979-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.58006133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1450973/"
    handle:    "nm1450973"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ڤيرجيليو پينيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вірхіліё Піньера"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вірхілія Піньера"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Pi%C3%B1era"
    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Pi%C3%B1era"
    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Pi%C3%B1era"
    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Pi%C3%B1era"
    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Pi%C3%B1era"
    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Pi%C3%B1era"
    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Pi%C3%B1era"
    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%AD%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B8_%D5%8A%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1"
    title: "Վիրխիլիո Պիներա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Pi%C3%B1era"
    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Virgilio Piñera"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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