# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walt-curtis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:49:15.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walt-curtis"
name: "Walt Curtis"
slug: "walt-curtis"
description: "Walt Curtis was an American poet, novelist, and painter from Portland, Oregon. His autobiographical work, Mala Noche (1977), became the basis for Gus Van Sant's 1985 film of the same name. He was the co-founder of the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. He hosted the poetry radio show \"Talking Earth\" at KBOO from 1971. He wrote about and championed Oregon literary figures such as Joaquin Miller, Hazel Hall, Frances Fuller Victor, and many others. He also acted in Property in 1978 and Paydirt in 1981."
tagline: "American painter and poet (1941–2023)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-07-04"
deathDate: "2023-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.93
  momentum:             5.998872127449599
  historical:           6.614004
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193541/"
    handle:    "nm0193541"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/356108b9-b5e9-4ab1-bbe2-d501fcf0f8d4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "والت كورتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%B5%D8%AA_%DA%A9%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "واڵت کێرتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Curtis"
    title: "Walt Curtis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Curtis"
    title: "Walt Curtis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Curtis"
    title: "Walt Curtis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%B9_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%B9%D8%B3"
    title: "والٹ کرٹس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2906117"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5217"
    title: "Walt Curtis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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