# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wallace-thurman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:27:03.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wallace-thurman"
name: "Wallace Thurman"
slug: "wallace-thurman"
description: "Wallace Henry Thurman was an American novelist and screenwriter active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his first novel The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929), which explores discrimination based on skin tone within the black community, with lighter skin being more highly valued."
tagline: "American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance (1902–1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WallaceThurman.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1902-08-16"
deathDate: "1934-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.63276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0862209"
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    title: "Wallace Thurman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump