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Aleksandr Tvardovsky

1910 - 1971

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Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovsky (Russian: Александр Трифонович Твардовский, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈtrʲifənəvʲɪtɕ tvɐrˈdofskʲɪj]; 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1910 – 18 December 1971) was a Soviet poet and writer and chief editor of Novy Mir literary magazine from 1950 to 1954 and 1958 to 1970. During his editorship, the magazine published One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He is best known for his epic poem Vasili Tyorkin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Tvardovsky is the 3,118th most popular writer (up from 3,306th in 2019), the 1,101st most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,221st in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aleksandr Tvardovsky ranks 3,118 out of 7,302. Before him are Gunnar Staalesen, Herbert Read, Frederick Denison Maurice, Ludovico di Varthema, Jim Rohn, and Faltonia Betitia Proba. After him are Jonathan Franzen, Marco Foscarini, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Lily Braun, Leon Uris, and Kostis Palamas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Aleksandr Tvardovsky ranks 159. Before him are Claire Trevor, Franz Kline, Barbara O'Neil, Barbara Castle, Helmut Kunz, and Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are José Lezama Lima, Kelly Johnson, Cyril Cusack, Attilio Pavesi, Ernst Schäfer, and Hazi Aslanov. Among people deceased in 1971, Aleksandr Tvardovsky ranks 104. Before him are John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Koichi Kudo, Fritz von Opel, Philo Farnsworth, Dimitrios Loundras, and Thomas E. Dewey. After him are Broncho Billy Anderson, Péter Szondi, Phil Edwards, Lester Germer, Henri Tomasi, and Edith Tolkien.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandr Tvardovsky ranks 1,101 out of 3,761. Before him are Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), Alexey Troitsky (1866), Vadim Krasnoselsky (1970), Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902), Andrei Amalrik (1938), and Viacheslav I of Kiev (1083). After him are Airat Ichmouratov (1973), Svetlana Medvedeva (1965), Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1845), Anastasiya Vertinskaya (1944), Eduard Artemyev (1937), and George Zweig (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Aleksandr Tvardovsky ranks 132. Before him are Aleksey Pisemsky (1821), Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938), Igor Gouzenko (1919), Philotheus of Pskov (1465), Alexey Troitsky (1866), and Andrei Amalrik (1938). After him are Mikhail Kuzmin (1872), Valentin Rasputin (1937), Viktor Astafyev (1924), Agniya Barto (1906), Alexander Bestuzhev (1797), and Olena Teliha (1906).

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