# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yehuda-amichai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:38:50.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yehuda-amichai"
name: "Yehuda Amichai"
slug: "yehuda-amichai"
description: "Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Yehuda Amichai, the poet of everyday life, love, and death, is the most internationally renowned Israeli poet. His 17 books have been translated into more than 20 languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He was a people's poet who believed that his poetry should reflect ordinary life. As he once said, \"I am also living among the dead.\" He changed his last name to \"Amichai,\" meaning \"My nation lives.\""
tagline: "Israeli poet (1924-2000)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-05-03"
deathDate: "2000-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.947168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: 141
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump