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Andrey Kurkov

1961 - Today

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Andrii Yuriyovych Kurkov (Ukrainian: Андрій Юрійович Курков, IPA: [ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ij ˈjur⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ kʊrˈkɔu̯]; born 23 April 1961) is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian and Ukrainian. He is the author of 19 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts. His work is currently translated into 37 languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Persian and Hebrew, and published in 65 countries. Kurkov, who has long been a respected commentator on Ukraine for the international media, notably in Europe and the United States, has written assorted articles for various publications worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrey Kurkov is the 2,185th most popular writer (up from 2,265th in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from Russia (up from 824th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrey Kurkov ranks 2,185 out of 7,302. Before him are Håkan Nesser, Pierre Lemaitre, George Tabori, Thorbjørn Egner, Terry Eagleton, and Gaston III, Count of Foix. After him are Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Albert Cohen, Ai Qing, Sébastien Japrisot, Raymond E. Feist, and Julian Tuwim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Andrey Kurkov ranks 91. Before him are Alexandre Desplat, Borjana Krišto, Toby Keith, Moana Pozzi, Íngrid Betancourt, and Tom Sizemore. After him are Billy Ray Cyrus, Guido Buchwald, Rafael Grossi, Steve Holmes, Joan Chen, and Élisabeth Borne.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrey Kurkov ranks 746 out of 3,761. Before him are Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł (1667), Faina Ranevskaya (1896), Sergey Biryuzov (1904), Nikolai Andrianov (1952), and Konstantin Korovin (1861). After him are Lucien Olivier (1838), Vasily Polenov (1844), Vasily Tatishchev (1686), Aleksey Khomyakov (1804), Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886), and Georgy Flyorov (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Andrey Kurkov ranks 88. Before him are Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), Marko Vovchok (1833), Eduard Uspensky (1937), Alexander Belyaev (1884), and Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904). After him are Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Arkady Gaidar (1904), Nina Berberova (1901), Olga Rozanova (1886), Andrey Kurbsky (1528), and Afanasy Fet (1820).

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