# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vishnu-sakharam-khandekar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:27:12.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vishnu-sakharam-khandekar"
name: "Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar"
slug: "vishnu-sakharam-khandekar"
description: "Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was the first Marathi author to win the prestigious Jnanpith Award."
tagline: "Indian writer (1889–1976)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-01-19"
deathDate: "1976-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.9174311926605505
  historical:           8.625704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump