# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-c-booth
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:06:52.159Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-c-booth"
name: "Wayne C. Booth"
slug: "wayne-c-booth"
description: "Wayne Clayson Booth was an American literary critic and rhetorician. He was the George Pullman Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in English Language & Literature and the College at the University of Chicago. His work followed largely from the Chicago school of literary criticism."
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birthDate: "1921-02-22"
deathDate: "2005-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump