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David Bergelson

1884 - 1952

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David (or Dovid) Bergelson (Yiddish: דוד בערגעלסאָן, Russian: Давид Бергельсон, 12 August 1884 – 12 August 1952) was a Yiddish language writer born in the Russian Empire. He lived for a time in Berlin, Germany, before moving to the Soviet Union following the Nazi rise to power in Germany. He was a victim of the post-war antisemitic "rootless cosmopolitan" campaign and one of those executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Bergelson is the 4,188th most popular writer (down from 3,598th in 2019), the 618th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 545th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Bergelson ranks 4,188 out of 7,302. Before him are James Redfield, Vincenzo Cerami, Eggert Ólafsson, Luise Rinser, Walter Map, and Johann Georg von Hahn. After him are Daniel-Rops, Daniel Boulanger, Christopher Priest, Sofi Oksanen, Jovan Rajić, and Theodore Roszak.

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Among people born in 1884, David Bergelson ranks 161. Before him are Leo Frank, Harald Hansen, Vasily Agapkin, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Ömer Seyfettin, and Martin Klein. After him are Alfredo Baldomir, Daniel Varoujan, Frederick Lorz, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Arthur Ransome, and David Curtiss Munson. Among people deceased in 1952, David Bergelson ranks 120. Before him are Albert Bassermann, Adolf Busch, Elisabeth Schumann, Carl Tanzler, Carlo Agostini, and Manuel Portela Valladares. After him are Ernst Stromer, Antti Tulenheimo, Fletcher Henderson, Herman Sörgel, Hans von Rosen, and James L. Peters.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, David Bergelson ranks 618 out of 1,365. Before him are Kazimierz Górski (1921), Grigory Kriss (1940), Vladimir Veksler (1907), Aleksander Brückner (1856), Igor Krutoy (1954), and Nathan Altman (1889). After him are Alexander Potebnja (1835), Heinrich Schenker (1868), Volodymyr Bezsonov (1958), Jerzy Różycki (1909), Ida Fink (1921), and Ross Martin (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, David Bergelson ranks 84. Before him are Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Mykola Bazhan (1904), Lev Nussimbaum (1905), Gheorghe Asachi (1788), Vira Vovk (1926), and Jan Brzechwa (1898). After him are Ida Fink (1921), Sofia Yablonska (1907), Vasyl Stefanyk (1871), Emma Andijewska (1931), Ostap Vyshnya (1889), and Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929).

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