# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yosef-tunkel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:42:58.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yosef-tunkel"
name: "Yosef Tunkel"
slug: "yosef-tunkel"
description: "Yosef Tunkel was a Jewish–Belarusian–American writer of poetry and humorous prose in Yiddish commonly known by the pen name Der Tunkeler or 'The dark one' in Yiddish."
tagline: "Belarusian-American Yiddish-language poet and satirist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A8_(%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8)_(%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8)_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%94_21.6.1922-PHZPR-1253902.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1881"
deathDate: "1949-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470230666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Tunkel"
    title: "Yosef Tunkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ياوسيف تونكيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D1%84_%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Іосіф Тункель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84"
    title: "Тункель, Иосиф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%9C"
    title: "יוסף טונקל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Tunkel"
    title: "Józef Tunkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2893299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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