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Aleksandr Kuprin

1870 - 1938

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Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (Russian: Александр Иванович Куприн; 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1870 – 25 August 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Kuprin is the 1,703rd most popular writer (down from 1,383rd in 2019), the 587th most popular biography from Russia (down from 496th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aleksandr Kuprin ranks 1,703 out of 7,302. Before him are Ramón del Valle-Inclán, James Brendan Connolly, Enzo of Sardinia, Mateo Alemán, Ole Nydahl, and John Gray. After him are Anne Sexton, Friedrich Rückert, Konstantin Paustovsky, Jens Fink-Jensen, Didymus Chalcenterus, and Chico Xavier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Aleksandr Kuprin ranks 54. Before him are Lord Alfred Douglas, Jaime, Duke of Madrid, Michael Rostovtzeff, Charles Bennett, Princess Henriette of Belgium, and Leopold Godowsky. After him are Archduchess Louise of Austria, Vítězslav Novák, Oscar Straus, Florent Schmitt, François Georges-Picot, and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1938, Aleksandr Kuprin ranks 65. Before him are Joseph Bédier, Ludwig Borchardt, Ödön von Horváth, Edmund Landau, Nicola Romeo, and Leopold Godowsky. After him are Leo Frobenius, William McDougall, Emile Vandervelde, Francis Jammes, Axel Paulsen, and Cao Kun.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Kuprin ranks 587 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Tomsky (1880), Georges Gurvitch (1894), Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Alexey Pajitnov (1956), Simeon Bekbulatovich (1600), and Sergey Sazonov (1860). After him are Iziaslav II of Kiev (1097), Vasily Chapayev (1887), Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev (1892), Yuriy Sedykh (1955), and Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Aleksandr Kuprin ranks 69. Before him are Viktor Suvorov (1947), Vasily Shukshin (1929), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Korney Chukovsky (1882), John of Kronstadt (1829), and Konstantin Simonov (1915). After him are Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), Denis Fonvizin (1745), Lilya Brik (1891), Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), and Alexander Grin (1880).

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