WRITER

Andrei Bely

1880 - 1934

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Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ bʊˈɡajɪf] ; 26 October [O.S. 14 October] 1880 – 8 January 1934), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely, was a Russian novelist, Symbolist poet, theorist and literary critic. He was a committed anthroposophist and follower of Rudolf Steiner. His novel Petersburg (1913/1922) was regarded by Vladimir Nabokov as the third-greatest masterpiece of modernist literature. The Andrei Bely Prize (Премия Андрея Белого), one of the most important prizes in Russian literature, was named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrei Bely is the 1,146th most popular writer (down from 1,101st in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Russia (down from 387th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Russian Writer.

Andrei Bely is best known for his novel Petersburg.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrei Bely ranks 1,146 out of 7,302. Before him are Sarojini Naidu, Elif Shafak, Jean Moréas, Alain-Fournier, Rosalía de Castro, and John Dickson Carr. After him are Jussi Adler-Olsen, Chiara Lubich, Assia Djebar, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Frans Sammut, and Jean-François Marmontel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Andrei Bely ranks 41. Before him are Kuniaki Koiso, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Álvaro Obregón, Sarah Knauss, and Giuseppe Moscati. After him are Akiba Rubinstein, Lionel Logue, Otto Meissner, Archie Hahn, Adam Czerniaków, and Mack Sennett. Among people deceased in 1934, Andrei Bely ranks 37. Before him are Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Hans Hahn, Carl von Linde, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Pietro Gasparri, and Vlado Chernozemski. After him are Nicholas Marr, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Paul Ulrich Villard, Hakaru Hashimoto, Jakob Wassermann, and Alexander von Kluck.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Bely ranks 389 out of 3,761. Before him are Ilya Ulyanov (1831), Leonid Andreyev (1871), Anna Dostoevskaya (1846), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), Andre Geim (1958), and Ramzan Kadyrov (1976). After him are Aleksandr Karelin (1967), Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923), Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), Viktor Tsoi (1962), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), and Mengu-Timur (1235).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Andrei Bely ranks 45. Before him are Edith Södergran (1892), Alexander Litvinenko (1962), Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817), Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), Nikolai Leskov (1831), and Leonid Andreyev (1871). After him are Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), and Daniil Kharms (1905).

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