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Ilya Ilf

1897 - 1937

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Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf (born Iehiel-Leyb Aryevich Faynzilberg; Russian: Иехи́ел-Лейб Арьевич Фа́йнзильберг; 15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1897 – 13 April 1937) was a Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin who usually worked in collaboration with Yevgeny Petrov during the 1920s and 1930s. Their duo was known simply as Ilf and Petrov. Together they published two popular comedy novels The Twelve Chairs (1928) and The Little Golden Calf (1931), as well as a satirical book Odnoetazhnaya Amerika (often translated as Little Golden America) that documented their journey through the United States between 1935 and 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilya Ilf is the 3,812th most popular writer (down from 3,654th in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 552nd in 2019) and the 77th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ilya Ilf ranks 3,812 out of 7,302. Before him are Claude Aveline, Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Bill Bryson, Émile Souvestre, Albert Aurier, and Viktor Nekrasov. After him are Petko Slaveykov, Oksana Zabuzhko, Daniil Granin, Sturla Þórðarson, Taslima Nasrin, and Ferenc Kölcsey.

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Among people born in 1897, Ilya Ilf ranks 186. Before him are Alberto Cavalcanti, Ram Prasad Bismil, J. L. B. Smith, Henry Cowell, Zhou Fohai, and Maximilian von Edelsheim. After him are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Hersch Lauterpacht, Lya De Putti, Johannes Winkler, and Héctor Méndez. Among people deceased in 1937, Ilya Ilf ranks 117. Before him are Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Carlo Rosselli, Felix Hamrin, Ernst Hoppenberg, Nathan Birnbaum, and Mikheil Javakhishvili. After him are Peter Arshinov, Afonso Costa, Mykhailo Boychuk, Alexander Chervyakov, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, and Henri Lebasque.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Ilya Ilf ranks 556 out of 1,365. Before him are Walery Sławek (1879), Dmytro Kuleba (1981), Hennadiy Udovenko (1931), Wojciech Pszoniak (1942), Ivan Dziuba (1931), and Viktor Nekrasov (1911). After him are Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Vladimir Smirnov (1954), Nikolai Grinko (1920), Hersch Lauterpacht (1897), Mykola Bazhan (1904), and Lev Nussimbaum (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Ilya Ilf ranks 77. Before him are Oles Honchar (1918), Gabriela Zapolska (1857), Vladimir Megre (1950), Demyan Bedny (1883), Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778), and Viktor Nekrasov (1911). After him are Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Mykola Bazhan (1904), Lev Nussimbaum (1905), Gheorghe Asachi (1788), Vira Vovk (1926), and Jan Brzechwa (1898).

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