# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yirgalem-fisseha-mebrahtu
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:43:25.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yirgalem-fisseha-mebrahtu"
name: "Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu"
slug: "yirgalem-fisseha-mebrahtu"
description: "Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu is an Eritrean poet, writer and journalist. In 2009, she was arrested by the Eritrean government and imprisoned. Since 2018, she has been living in exile in Munich with the support of the PEN Center Germany."
tagline: "Eritrean poet, writer and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yirgalem_Fisseha_Mebrahtu_-_53553527633.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1981"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.674118666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yirgalem_Fisseha_Mebrahtu"
    title: "Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yirgalem_Fisseha_Mebrahtu"
    title: "Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yirgalem_Fisseha_Mebrahtu"
    title: "Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yrgalem_Fisseha_Mebrahtu"
    title: "Yrgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yirgalem_Fisseha_Mebrahtu"
    title: "Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yirgalem_Fisseha_Mebrahtu"
    title: "Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23917901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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