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Alexander Ostrovsky

1823 - 1886

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Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1823 – 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1886) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire." His dramas are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Ostrovsky is the 1,109th most popular writer (up from 1,210th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Russia (up from 430th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Russian Writer.

Alexander Ostrovsky is most famous for his play The Storm.

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Among writers, Alexander Ostrovsky ranks 1,109 out of 7,302. Before him are Oliver Sacks, Juan Rulfo, Roberto Bolaño, Publilius Syrus, Roger Zelazny, and Alexander Kielland. After him are D. T. Suzuki, Herodian, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Len Deighton, and Nikolai Leskov.

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Among people born in 1823, Alexander Ostrovsky ranks 20. Before him are John Sherman, John Russell Hind, Charles I of Württemberg, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mackenzie Bowell, and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria. After him are Charles III, Duke of Parma, Jean Chacornac, Mihailo Obrenović, Théodore de Banville, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, and Ante Starčević. Among people deceased in 1886, Alexander Ostrovsky ranks 11. Before him are Leopold von Ranke, Chester A. Arthur, John Deere, Amilcare Ponchielli, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, and Asher Brown Durand. After him are Ilya Ulyanov, Prince Louis, Count of Trani, Lydia Koidula, Karl von Piloty, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, and Charles Francis Adams Sr..

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Ostrovsky ranks 376 out of 3,761. Before him are Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Yuri Oganessian (1933), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Sergey Nechayev (1847), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786), and Nadezhda von Meck (1831). After him are Nikolai Leskov (1831), Eugen Sandow (1867), Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia (1886), Vladimir Markovnikov (1838), Lev Kuleshov (1899), and Sergei Skripal (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Alexander Ostrovsky ranks 42. Before him are Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), Edith Södergran (1892), Alexander Litvinenko (1962), and Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817). After him are Nikolai Leskov (1831), Leonid Andreyev (1871), Andrei Bely (1880), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), and Alexander Griboyedov (1795).

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