WRITER

Boris Pilnyak

1894 - 1938

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Boris Andreyevich Pilnyak (né Vogau Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Пильня́к; October 11 [O.S. September 29] 1894 – April 21, 1938) was a Russian and Soviet writer who was executed by the Soviet Union on false claims of plotting to kill Joseph Stalin and Nikolay Yezhov. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Pilnyak is the 2,958th most popular writer (down from 2,593rd in 2019), the 1,022nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 955th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Boris Pilnyak ranks 2,958 out of 7,302. Before him are Willa Cather, Miklós Radnóti, Casimir Delavigne, Lola Anglada, Lupus Servatus, and Aristeas. After him are Fernand Crommelynck, Mickey Spillane, Marcel Boulenger, Parthenius of Nicaea, Philitas of Cos, and Edgar Lee Masters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Boris Pilnyak ranks 116. Before him are Varvara Stepanova, Khawaja Nazimuddin, Frans G. Bengtsson, E. C. Segar, Aleksandr Khinchin, and Werner March. After him are Eduard Wagner, Henry Hazlitt, Maksim Purkayev, Warren Weaver, Maria Restituta Kafka, and Ivan Papanin. Among people deceased in 1938, Boris Pilnyak ranks 110. Before him are Émile Cohl, Gustav Klutsis, Andrei Bubnov, E. C. Segar, Jānis K. Bērziņš, and Prince Arthur of Connaught. After him are Kaarlo Castrén, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, Rudolf Stammler, Aleksandar Malinov, Hans Litten, and Gösta Ekman.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Pilnyak ranks 1,022 out of 3,761. Before him are Dmitry Pisarev (1840), Boris Barnet (1902), Fyodor Sergeyev (1883), Eleanor of Prussia (1583), Anna Sophia of Prussia (1527), and Alexander Vasiliev (1867). After him are Natalya Estemirova (1958), Stepan Petrichenko (1892), Semyon Krivoshein (1899), Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov (1874), Aleksei Chirikov (1703), and Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Boris Pilnyak ranks 120. Before him are Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800), Andrei Sinyavsky (1925), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866), Kondraty Ryleyev (1795), Leah Goldberg (1911), and Dmitry Pisarev (1840). After him are Sergei Nilus (1862), Friedrich von Lütke (1797), Leonid Leonov (1899), Rachel Bluwstein (1890), Şihabetdin Märcani (1818), and Aleksey Pisemsky (1821).

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