# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-stafford
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:27:54.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-stafford"
name: "William Stafford"
slug: "william-stafford"
description: "William Edgar Stafford was an American poet and pacifist. He was the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He was appointed the twentieth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1970."
tagline: "American poet (1914-1993)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/William_Stafford.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-01-17"
deathDate: "1993-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.044784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1093463"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام ستافورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام ستافورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stafford_(Dichter)"
    title: "William Stafford (Dichter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stafford_(poet)"
    title: "William Stafford (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stafford_(scrittore_1914)"
    title: "William Stafford (scrittore 1914)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stafford_(poet)"
    title: "William Stafford (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73f851ed-98f3-443d-ad68-82d917de2eed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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