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Andrei Platonov

1899 - 1951

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Andrei Platonovich Platonov (Russian: Андрей Платонович Платонов, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej plɐˈtonəvʲɪtɕ plɐˈtonəf]; né Klimentov [Климе́нтов]; 28 August [O.S. 16 August] 1899 – 5 January 1951) was a Soviet Russian novelist, short story writer, philosopher, playwright, and poet. Although Platonov regarded himself as a communist, his principal works remained unpublished in his lifetime because of their skeptical attitude toward collectivization of agriculture (1929–1940) and other Stalinist policies, as well as for their experimental, avant-garde form infused with existentialism which was not in line with the dominant socialist realism doctrine. His famous works include the novels Chevengur (1928) and The Foundation Pit (1930). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrei Platonov is the 1,302nd most popular writer (down from 1,237th in 2019), the 440th most popular biography from Russia (down from 439th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Andrei Platonov ranks 1,302 out of 7,302. Before him are Hubert Selby Jr., Yeghishe Charents, Odoric of Pordenone, Peter Altenberg, Carson McCullers, and Reinaldo Arenas. After him are Rudolf Erich Raspe, Maurice Barrès, Georges Feydeau, Wilhelm Müller, Constantijn Huygens, and James Ellroy.

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Among people born in 1899, Andrei Platonov ranks 63. Before him are Ludwig Guttmann, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Leo Strauss, Lao She, Brassaï, and Nadezhda Mandelstam. After him are Louis Chiron, Georges Bidault, Akim Tamiroff, Philipp Bouhler, Frances Yates, and Artur da Costa e Silva. Among people deceased in 1951, Andrei Platonov ranks 37. Before him are Élie Cartan, William Randolph Hearst, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Robert J. Flaherty, and Adam Stefan Sapieha. After him are Willem Mengelberg, Empress Teimei, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Nikolai Medtner, Ernst von Weizsäcker, and Serge Koussevitzky.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Platonov ranks 440 out of 3,761. Before him are Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Valentin Serov (1865), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), and Helena of Moscow (1476). After him are Nikolai Kardashev (1932), Grigory Sokolov (1950), Mikhail Gurevich (1892), Leonid Rogozov (1934), Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870), and Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Andrei Platonov ranks 54. Before him are Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Daniil Kharms (1905), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), and Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899). After him are Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826), Alexander Radishchev (1749), Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), and Elsa Triolet (1896).

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