# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/warsan-shire
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:23:50.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/warsan-shire"
name: "Warsan Shire"
slug: "warsan-shire"
description: "Warsan Shire is a British writer, poet, editor, and teacher who was born to Somali parents in Kenya. In 2013, she was awarded the inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize."
tagline: "British poet of Somali descent"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1988"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.33377066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.warsanshire.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "ورسان شرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "ورسان شرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Warsan Shire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Warsan_Shire"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16232420"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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