I too love edn, but unfortunately most other languages lib abandoned (eg. https://github.com/edn-format/edn-dot-net ). Looking around python seems relatively maintained which is great https://github.com/swaroopch/edn_format/issues
{ :name "John Doe" :age 30 :languages ["English" "Spanish" "French"] :address {:street "123 Main St" :city "Anytown"} }