# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wang-ruowang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:43:56.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wang-ruowang"
name: "Wang Ruowang"
slug: "wang-ruowang"
description: "Wang Ruowang was a Chinese author and dissident who was imprisoned various times for political reasons by both the Kuomintang and the Communist government of China for advocating reform and liberalization. His name at birth was \"Shouhua\", but he was most commonly known by his pen name, \"Ruowang\". He was a prolific essayist and literary critic."
tagline: "Chinese dissident (1918-2001)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1918-02-04"
deathDate: "2001-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.41
  momentum:             9.697167943096167
  historical:           6.584345333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  217
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E8%8B%A5%E6%9C%9B"
    title: "王若望"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ruowang"
    title: "Wang Ruowang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ruowang"
    title: "Wang Ruowang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ruowang"
    title: "Wang Ruowang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ruowang"
    title: "Wang Ruowang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ruowang"
    title: "Wang Ruowang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E8%8B%A5%E6%9C%9B"
    title: "王若望"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q699031"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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