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Ales Adamovich

1927 - 1994

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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Adamovich (Belarusian: Аляксандр Міхайлавіч Адамовіч, romanized: Aliaksandr Michajlavič Adamovič, Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Адамо́вич; 3 September 1927 – 26 January 1994) was a Soviet Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic and democratic activist. He wrote in both the Russian and Belarusian languages. Having fought as a child soldier in the Belarusian resistance during World War II, much of Adamovich's work revolved around the German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II and the Belarusian partisan movement. Among his best-known books are Khatyn and The Blockade Book. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ales Adamovich is the 2,917th most popular writer (up from 2,932nd in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Belarusian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ales Adamovich ranks 2,917 out of 7,302Before him are Richard Dehmel, Francisco Balagtas, Laurence Oliphant, Fritz Mauthner, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Paula von Preradović. After him are George Mosse, Leah Goldberg, Joan Alcover, Richard Wright, Louise Weiss, and Acusilaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Ales Adamovich ranks 183Before him are Carlos Romero, Werner Liebrich, John Ashbery, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Ahmad Jannati, and Friedrich Hirzebruch. After him are Joe Turkel, Paula Hawkins, Gisèle Halimi, Eugene Parker, Patti Page, and Per Oscarsson. Among people deceased in 1994, Ales Adamovich ranks 153Before him are Maria Carta, Nicole Brown Simpson, Elga Andersen, Anni Albers, Frederick Copleston, and Stephen Cole Kleene. After him are Roy J. Plunkett, Grigol Abashidze, Leonid Leonov, Mildred Natwick, Joe Pass, and Dmitri Ivanenko.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Ales Adamovich ranks 87 out of 368Before him are Lev Polugaevsky (1934), Napoleon Orda (1807), Ivan Yarkovsky (1844), Ivonka Survilla (1936), Uladzimir Karatkievich (1930), and Issai Schur (1875). After him are Benedykt Dybowski (1833), Nahum Goldmann (1895), Ivan Fyodorov (1510), Maksim Bahdanovič (1891), Zivia Lubetkin (1914), and Pyotr Klimuk (1942).

Among WRITERS In Belarus

Among writers born in Belarus, Ales Adamovich ranks 12Before him are S. Ansky (1863), Oscar Milosz (1877), Aleksander Chodźko (1804), Bella Rosenfeld (1889), Vasil Bykaŭ (1924), and Uladzimir Karatkievich (1930). After him are Nahum Goldmann (1895), Maksim Bahdanovič (1891), Zivia Lubetkin (1914), Itzhak Katzenelson (1886), Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758), and Symeon of Polotsk (1629).