# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-heinesen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:59:54.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-heinesen"
name: "William Heinesen"
slug: "william-heinesen"
description: "Andreas William Heinesen was a poet, writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands."
tagline: "Faroese Danish-language writer (1900-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Heinesen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1900-01-15"
deathDate: "1991-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0374387"
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    url:       "http://www.abc-literature.dk/"
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    title: "William Heinesen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump