# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-self
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:31:04.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-self"
name: "Will Self"
slug: "will-self"
description: "William Woodard Self is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. Self is currently an honorary Professor at Brunel University London, where his interests include psychogeography."
tagline: "English writer and journalist (born 1961)"
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1961-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump