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Frances Mayes

American university professor and writer
Person human Q1774177

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[13]
Date of birth
April 4, 1940
Place of birth
Fitzgerald
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
novelist, writer, screenwriter, essayist, university teacher
Employer
San Francisco State University[10]
Field of work
essay[9]
Educated at
University of Florida, San Francisco State University[11][12]
Official website
www.francesmayesbooks.com[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Italian[17][18]
Family name
Mayes[14]
Given name
Frances[15]
P14750
2373-12FC-F039-341E-2DF5[20]
Start of work period
1975[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Frances Mayes ar فرانسيس مايس he פרנסס מאייס ja フランシス・メイズ ko 프랜시스 메이스 ru Мэйес, Фрэнсис ru Фрэнсис Мэйес zh 弗兰西斯·梅耶思
🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
0000000108626831
VIAF cluster ID
2501272
Library of Congress authority ID
n78010573
GND ID
123072840
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
MayesFrances
Babelio author ID
26576
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121046127
CBDB.cz author ID
3371
CiNii Research ID
1140563741581876864
DDB person (GND) ID
123072840
Databazeknih.cz author ID
6522
Europeana entity
agent/base/79629
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FAST ID
22448
Fantastic Fiction author ID
m/frances-mayes
Film.ru person ID
frensis-meyes
Freebase ID
/m/09253f
Harper's tag
frances-mayes
IMDb ID
nm1217227
IdRef ID
029412757
Libraries Australia ID
35820254
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13948292
NDL Authority ID
00683891
NL CR AUT ID
jo2008427212
NLA Trove people ID
1102407
NUKAT ID
n99055868
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007265277305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201106824
National Library of Latvia ID
000148873
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810694909105606
National Library of Portugal ID
1190997
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1488094
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
169948811
New Georgia Encyclopedia ID
arts-culture/frances-mayes-b-ca-1940
Open Library ID
OL20984A
SHARE Catalogue author ID
616426
SNAC ARK ID
w6rn5b5g
SVKKL authority ID
0258097-Mayes-Frances-1940
TMDB person ID
67557
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/856bba5a-6084-4711-8620-8ef085693dd1

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Occupation 4
writer, screenwriter, novelist, essayist
Educated at 2
University of Florida, San Francisco State University
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Italian
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
San Francisco State University
Field of work 1
essay
Films written 1
Under the Tuscan Sun
Given name 1
Frances
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Fitzgerald
Sex or gender 1
female
Works by author 1
Under the Tuscan Sun
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Under the Tuscan Sun
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Summary

Frances Mayes was born on April 4, 1940[1], in Fitzgerald[2]. She has worked as a novelist[3], writer[4], screenwriter[5], essayist[6], and university teacher[7].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to her include Under the Tuscan Sun[21], a literary work[22].

FAQs

Where was Frances Mayes born?

Frances Mayes was born in Fitzgerald[2].

What did Frances Mayes do for work?

Frances Mayes worked as a novelist[3], writer[4], screenwriter[5], essayist[6], and university teacher[7].

Where did Frances Mayes go to school?

Frances Mayes was educated at University of Florida[11] and San Francisco State University[12].

Related Entities

San Francisco State University United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 29d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'pl', 'ru']
    Harper's tag → frances-mayes
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: frances-mayes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289931304|frances mayes (#289931304)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2373-12FC-F039-341E-2DF5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46467|batch #46467]]: HAND ID (7)"
  3. 16w ago · Ogmios · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL20984A
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Open Library ID: OL20984A"
  4. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0258097-Mayes-Frances-1940
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0258097-Mayes-Frances-1940, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Fitzgerald
    Citizenship → —
    Educated at → University of Florida, San Francisco State University
    Work period start → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31727|batch #31727]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (20)"
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