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Aleksey Pisemsky

1821 - 1881

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Aleksey Feofilaktovich Pisemsky (Russian: Алексе́й Феофила́ктович Пи́семский) (23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1821 – 2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1881) was a Russian novelist and dramatist who was regarded as an equal of Ivan Turgenev and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in the late 1850s, but whose reputation suffered a spectacular decline after his fall-out with Sovremennik magazine in the early 1860s. A realistic playwright, along with Aleksandr Ostrovsky he was responsible for the first dramatization of ordinary people in the history of Russian theatre. "Pisemsky's great narrative gift and exceptionally strong grip on reality make him one of the best Russian novelists" according to D.S. Mirsky. Pisemsky's first novel Boyarschina (1847, published 1858) was originally forbidden for its unflattering description of the Russian nobility. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksey Pisemsky is the 3,070th most popular writer (up from 3,637th in 2019), the 1,081st most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,338th in 2019) and the 126th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aleksey Pisemsky ranks 3,070 out of 7,302. Before him are Simon of Kéza, Vizma Belševica, René Daumal, Jean Rhys, Karel Havlíček Borovský, and Miodrag Bulatović. After him are Stephenie Meyer, Edgar Hilsenrath, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Claribel Alegría, Consort Ban, and Jim Carroll.

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Among people born in 1821, Aleksey Pisemsky ranks 57. Before him are Clara Barton, Champfleury, Infanta Isabel Fernanda of Spain, Arthur Saint-Léon, Octave Feuillet, and Karel Havlíček Borovský. After him are Karol Mikuli, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Alexander Gardner, Giuseppe Saracco, and Prince Adolf of Auersperg. Among people deceased in 1881, Aleksey Pisemsky ranks 52. Before him are Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Marie Laveau, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Karl Weyprecht, and Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens. After him are Jim Bridger, Karl Christian Bruhns, Konstantin Thon, Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, and August Šenoa.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksey Pisemsky ranks 1,081 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergei Shchukin (1854), Issa Pliyev (1903), Şihabetdin Märcani (1818), Lazar Berman (1930), Lev Perovski (1792), and Vladimir Tkachenko (1957). After him are Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938), Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754), Ghazi Muhammad (1795), George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (1852), Igor Gouzenko (1919), and Philotheus of Pskov (1465).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Aleksey Pisemsky ranks 126. Before him are Boris Pilnyak (1894), Sergei Nilus (1862), Friedrich von Lütke (1797), Leonid Leonov (1899), Rachel Bluwstein (1890), and Şihabetdin Märcani (1818). After him are Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938), Igor Gouzenko (1919), Philotheus of Pskov (1465), Alexey Troitsky (1866), Andrei Amalrik (1938), and Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910).

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