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Boris Vasilyev

1924 - 2013

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Boris Lvovich Vasilyev (Russian: Борис Львович Васильев; 21 May 1924 – 11 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian writer and screenwriter. He is considered the last representative of the so-called lieutenant prose, a group of former low-ranking Soviet officers who dramatized their traumatic World War II experience. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Vasilyev is the 4,963rd most popular writer (down from 4,869th in 2019), the 1,820th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,808th in 2019) and the 229th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Boris Vasilyev ranks 4,963 out of 7,302. Before him are Choʻlpon, Ajdar Ismailov, Alexander Vampilov, Justine Musk, Juan de Mena, and Feodor Gladkov. After him are Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Olavo Bilac, Albert Mol, Ashapurna Devi, Henry Monnier, and Joseph Jacobs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Boris Vasilyev ranks 357. Before him are Arthur Harnden, Heinz Müller, Don Knotts, Lennart Samuelsson, Yasuzo Masumura, and Ruhi Sarıalp. After him are Kenny Dorham, Li Li-hua, Kihachi Okamoto, Antonio Creus, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, and Rod Serling. Among people deceased in 2013, Boris Vasilyev ranks 326. Before him are Jean Marcel Honoré, Manna Dey, Hal Needham, Pyotr Todorovsky, Ann-Britt Leyman, and Valeri Zolotukhin. After him are Marcia Wallace, Michael Winner, Hassan Habibi, Jean Stapleton, Mirja Hietamies, and Stanisław Nagy.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Boris Vasilyev ranks 1,820 out of 3,761. Before him are Valeri Popenchenko (1937), Valeri Zolotukhin (1941), Alexander Vampilov (1937), Igor Ilyinsky (1901), Feodor Gladkov (1883), and Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900). After him are Vladimir Solovyov (1963), Zoya Fyodorova (1909), Sten Suvio (1911), Orest Khvolson (1852), Alexey Favorsky (1860), and Gennady Sarafanov (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Boris Vasilyev ranks 229. Before him are Yuri Nagibin (1920), Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov (1900), Mark Dvoretsky (1947), Dmitry Glukhovsky (1979), Alexander Vampilov (1937), and Feodor Gladkov (1883). After him are Nikolai Tikhonov (1896), Dmitry Furmanov (1891), Vladimir Makanin (1937), M. Ageyev (1898), Nikolai Klyuev (1884), and Aleksey Pleshcheyev (1825).

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