# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yakov-shketan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:19:28.055Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yakov-shketan"
name: "Yakov Shketan"
slug: "yakov-shketan"
tagline: "Mari writer, journalist, public figure, playwright (1898–1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A5%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%9C.%D0%A8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1898-10-29"
deathDate: "1937-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.536717333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Яков Шкетан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_%C5%A0ketan"
    title: "Jakov Šketan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakov_%C5%A0ketan"
    title: "Jakov Šketan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._%C5%A0ketan"
    title: "M. Šketan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%A8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Майоров-Шкетан, Яков Павлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%A8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Майоров-Шкетан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C._%D0%A8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "М. Шкетан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3906613"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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