# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xavier-herbert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:05:21.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xavier-herbert"
name: "Xavier Herbert"
slug: "xavier-herbert"
description: "Xavier Herbert was an Australian writer best known for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Poor Fellow My Country (1975). He was considered one of the elder statesmen of Australian literature. He is also known for short story collections and his autobiography Disturbing Element."
tagline: "Australian writer (1901–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Xavier_Herbert.PNG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901-05-15"
deathDate: "1984-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.278481012658228
  historical:           9.415084
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ксав'є Герберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زافير هربرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Xavier Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Herbert"
    title: "Xavier Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Herbert"
    title: "Xavier Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Herbert"
    title: "Xavier Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Herbert"
    title: "Xavier Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "ザビア・ハーバート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Xavier Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Герберт, Ксавье"
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    title: "แซเวียร์ เฮอร์เบิร์ต"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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