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Eduard Uspensky

1937 - 2018

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Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (Russian: Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 1937 – 14 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter. His works have been translated into 25 languages and spawned around 60 cartoon adaptations. Among the characters he created are Cheburashka and Gena the Crocodile, Uncle Fyodor and Kolobki brothers. He was awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class in 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Uspensky is the 2,046th most popular writer (up from 2,157th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from Russia (up from 784th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eduard Uspensky ranks 2,046 out of 7,302. Before him are Pir Sultan Abdal, Reşat Nuri Güntekin, John Moschus, Hadewijch, Michael Choniates, and George MacDonald. After him are Herodas, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Jaume Cabré, Uri Orlev, Eutychius of Alexandria, and Vsevolod Garshin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Eduard Uspensky ranks 145. Before him are Steve Russell, Hibari Misora, Mintimer Shaimiev, Andrés Gimeno, André Glucksmann, and Facundo Cabral. After him are Ned Beatty, Bruce McCandless II, Harri Holkeri, John Kennedy Toole, Félix Miélli Venerando, and Eduard Streltsov. Among people deceased in 2018, Eduard Uspensky ranks 122. Before him are Oliver Dragojević, Luis García Meza, Nicanor Parra, Lawrence Roberts, Josep Lluís Núñez, and Richard Pipes. After him are Tom Wolfe, Maria Bueno, Adem Demaçi, Azeglio Vicini, Vitaliy Masol, and Thorvald Stoltenberg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Eduard Uspensky ranks 717 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Sergey Belyavsky (1883), Mikhail Mil (1909), Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia (1854), Franz Schlegelberger (1876), and Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908). After him are Nikolay Shvernik (1888), Karl Lennart Oesch (1892), Sergei Belov (1944), Sergei Khrushchev (1935), Oleg Popov (1930), and Yekaterina Budanova (1916).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Eduard Uspensky ranks 85. Before him are Zinaida Gippius (1869), Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), and Marko Vovchok (1833). After him are Alexander Belyaev (1884), Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), Andrey Kurkov (1961), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Arkady Gaidar (1904), and Nina Berberova (1901).

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