# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viriato-clemente-da-cruz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:06:36.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viriato-clemente-da-cruz"
name: "Viriato Clemente da Cruz"
slug: "viriato-clemente-da-cruz"
description: "Viriato Clemente da Cruz was an Angolan poet and politician, who was born in Kikuvo, Porto Amboim, Portuguese Angola, and died in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He is considered one of the most important Angolan poets of his time. He wrote poems in Portuguese, some of which include phrases in the Angolan Bantu language of Kimbundu. He took part in the political struggle to free Angola from Portuguese rule."
tagline: "Angolan poet and politician (1928–1973)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-03-25"
deathDate: "1973-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.426856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "维里亚托·达克鲁兹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriato_Clemente_da_Cruz"
    title: "Viriato Clemente da Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriato_da_Cruz"
    title: "Viriato da Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriato_da_Cruz"
    title: "Viriato da Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ヴィリアト・ダ・クルス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriato_Clemente_da_Cruz"
    title: "Viriato Clemente da Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83_%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Круш, Вириату да"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriato_Clemente_da_Cruz"
    title: "Viriato Clemente da Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriato_da_Cruz"
    title: "Viriato da Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriato_da_Cruz"
    title: "Viriato da Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viriatu_da_Kru%C5%9F"
    title: "Viriatu da Kruş"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3242267"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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