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Denis Fonvizin

1745 - 1792

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Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (Russian: Денис Иванович Фонвизин, IPA: [dʲɪˈnʲis ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ fɐnˈvʲizʲɪn]; 14 April [O.S. 3 April] 1745 – 12 December [O.S. 1 December] 1792) was a Russian playwright and writer of the Russian Enlightenment. He was one of the founders of literary comedy in Russia. His main works are two satirical comedies—including The Minor, which mocks contemporary Russian gentry—which are still staged today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Denis Fonvizin is the 1,710th most popular writer (up from 1,950th in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from Russia (up from 705th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Denis Fonvizin ranks 1,710 out of 7,302. Before him are Anne Sexton, Friedrich Rückert, Konstantin Paustovsky, Jens Fink-Jensen, Didymus Chalcenterus, and Chico Xavier. After him are Rafael Sabatini, Patricia Cornwell, Robert Harris, Jurji Zaydan, Väinö Linna, and Eleanor Hibbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Denis Fonvizin ranks 22. Before him are Mihrişah Sultan, George Atwood, Jens Juel, Şahin Giray, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, and Valentin Haüy. After him are Casimir Pulaski, Richard Bassett, Isaac Titsingh, Caspar Wessel, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1792, Denis Fonvizin ranks 17. Before him are John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Tiradentes, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, and Joseph Martin Kraus. After him are Robert Adam, Jacques Cazotte, Nguyễn Huệ, Johann Andreas Stein, Legall de Kermeur, and Maximilian Hell.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Denis Fonvizin ranks 594 out of 3,761. Before him are Iziaslav II of Kiev (1097), Vasily Chapayev (1887), Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev (1892), Yuriy Sedykh (1955), and Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925). After him are Taihō Kōki (1940), Maria Miloslavskaya (1624), Werner Ostendorff (1903), Sergei Novikov (1938), Nicolas de Staël (1914), and Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1579).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Denis Fonvizin ranks 71. Before him are Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Korney Chukovsky (1882), John of Kronstadt (1829), Konstantin Simonov (1915), Aleksandr Kuprin (1870), and Konstantin Paustovsky (1892). After him are Lilya Brik (1891), Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Alexander Grin (1880), Valery Bryusov (1873), and Alexandre Benois (1870).

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