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Afanasy Fet

1820 - 1892

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Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet (Russian: Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, IPA: [ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt] ), later known as Shenshin (Russian: Шенши́н, IPA: [ʂɨnˈʂɨn] ; 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1820 – 3 December [O.S. 21 November] 1892), was a renowned Russian poet regarded as the finest master of lyric verse in Russian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Afanasy Fet is the 2,332nd most popular writer (down from 2,072nd in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 749th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Afanasy Fet ranks 2,332 out of 7,302. Before him are Bella Rosenfeld, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Wieland Wagner, Suman Pokhrel, Aharon Appelfeld, and Posidippus. After him are Maciej Stryjkowski, Vasko Popa, Phocylides, Edmond Jabès, Zosimos of Panopolis, and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Afanasy Fet ranks 33. Before him are Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Émile Augier, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Jeanne Duval, Eugène Fromentin, and Princess Alexandrine of Baden. After him are Alexander Cartwright, Anna Sewell, Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Reinhart Dozy, Arvid Posse, and Georg Curtius. Among people deceased in 1892, Afanasy Fet ranks 40. Before him are Hermann Burmeister, Hervé, Ernest Guiraud, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria, and Charles Lavigerie. After him are Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Carlo Cafiero, Alexander Cartwright, Bernhard Windscheid, Jan Czerski, and Enrico Betti.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Afanasy Fet ranks 803 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Princess Olga Paley (1865), Nikolay Danilevsky (1822), Kuzma Minin (1616), Andrey Kurbsky (1528), and Anatoli Bugorski (1942). After him are Musa Cälil (1906), Andrei Voznesensky (1933), Yakov Pavlov (1917), Vladimir Aksyonov (1935), Vyacheslav Zudov (1942), and Walter Weiß (1890).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Afanasy Fet ranks 94. Before him are Andrey Kurkov (1961), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Arkady Gaidar (1904), Nina Berberova (1901), Olga Rozanova (1886), and Andrey Kurbsky (1528). After him are Musa Cälil (1906), Andrei Voznesensky (1933), Vasily Aksyonov (1932), Alexander Fadeyev (1901), Samuil Marshak (1887), and Tanya Savicheva (1930).

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