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Alexandre Benois

1870 - 1960

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Alexandre (Alexander) Nikolayevich Benois (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Бенуа́, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Benua; 3 May [O.S. 21 April] 1870 – 9 February 1960) was a Russian artist, art critic, historian, preservationist and founding member of Mir iskusstva ("World of Art"), an art movement and magazine. As a designer for the Ballets Russes under Sergei Diaghilev, Benois exerted what is considered a seminal influence on the modern ballet and stage design. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Benois is the 1,834th most popular writer (down from 1,753rd in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Russia (down from 628th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexandre Benois ranks 1,834 out of 7,302. Before him are Philip José Farmer, Al-Hariri of Basra, Lucinda Riley, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, David Burliuk, and Walafrid Strabo. After him are Lajos Zilahy, Princess Michael of Kent, Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Jacques Cazotte, and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Alexandre Benois ranks 61. Before him are Archduchess Louise of Austria, Vítězslav Novák, Oscar Straus, Florent Schmitt, François Georges-Picot, and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria. After him are Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, Herbert Kilpin, Annie Londonderry, David Riazanov, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, and Guillaume Lekeu. Among people deceased in 1960, Alexandre Benois ranks 61. Before him are Yan Xishan, Eddie Cochran, Maurice de Broglie, José Antonio Aguirre, Abram Ioffe, and Pierre Reverdy. After him are Edwin Fischer, Salvatore Ferragamo, Bruno Loerzer, The Great Gama, Hans Wilsdorf, and Leonard Woolley.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexandre Benois ranks 646 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Grin (1880), Ulugh Muhammad (1405), Pavel Alexandrov (1896), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Nikolay Gumilyov (1886), and Valery Bryusov (1873). After him are Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836), Alexander Sokurov (1951), Vladimir Minorsky (1877), Dmitry Muratov (1961), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), and Yaroslav of Tver (1230).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Alexandre Benois ranks 77. Before him are Denis Fonvizin (1745), Lilya Brik (1891), Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Alexander Grin (1880), and Valery Bryusov (1873). After him are Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836), Zinaida Gippius (1869), Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), and Konstantin Ushinsky (1823).

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