# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kennedy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:24:06.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kennedy"
name: "William Kennedy"
slug: "william-kennedy"
description: "William Joseph Kennedy is an American writer and journalist who won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for his 1983 novel Ironweed."
tagline: "American writer and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grand_View_Opening_Night.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1928-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.38
  momentum:             1.689212625737079
  historical:           18.98798666666667
  currentAttention:     15.2
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0448379"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Kennedy (mwandishi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ولیم کینیڈی (مصنف)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "William Kennedy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump