WRITER

Aleksandr Chakovsky

1913 - 1994

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Aleksandr Borisovich Chakovsky (Russian: Александр Борисович Чаковский; August 26, 1913 – February 17, 1994) was a Soviet/Russian editor and novelist; editor-in-chief of "Literaturnaya Gazeta" from 1962 to 1988. A hard-line Communist, he served as an unofficial cultural arbiter through his position in the powerful Writers' Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Chakovsky is the 5,969th most popular writer (down from 5,765th in 2019), the 2,286th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,197th in 2019) and the 265th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Aleksandr Chakovsky ranks 5,969 out of 7,302. Before him are Anthony Shaffer, Mehmed Uzun, Bessie Head, Fedor Samokhin, Eduard Bass, and David Benioff. After him are Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, George Woodcock, Iolo Morganwg, Rolf Jacobsen, and Arvi Pohjanpää.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Aleksandr Chakovsky ranks 357. Before him are Lawrence H. Aller, Rafael Gil, Ioachim Moldoveanu, Humberto Mariles, Balraj Sahni, and Alice Marble. After him are Frank Tashlin, Lynn Bari, Frank Swift, Dorothy Comingore, Annalisa Ericson, and Kofi Abrefa Busia. Among people deceased in 1994, Aleksandr Chakovsky ranks 317. Before him are Christopher Lasch, Numa Andoire, Carol Yager, Dan Hartman, Dolly Haas, and Parveen Shakir. After him are Rolf Jacobsen, Arati Saha, Julian Symons, Stephen McNally, Jimmy Miller, and Ivan Fuqua.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Chakovsky ranks 2,286 out of 3,761. Before him are Kira Ivanova (1963), Maria Vorontsova (1985), Fedor Samokhin (1918), Aleksey Buldakov (1951), Evgeni Berzin (1970), and Nikolai Pankin (1949). After him are Aleksandra Potanina (1843), Lyudmila Titova (1946), Igor Maslennikov (1931), Vilis Krištopans (1954), Boris Shchukin (1894), and Ravil Maganov (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Aleksandr Chakovsky ranks 265. Before him are Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Algis Budrys (1931), Yakov Polonsky (1819), Nikolai Aseev (1889), Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin (1817), and Fedor Samokhin (1918). After him are Vladimir Bogomolov (1924), Qaysin Quli (1917), Alexander Afinogenov (1904), Vladimir Tendryakov (1923), Yury Kazakov (1927), and Dmitri Prigov (1940).

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