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Ivan Goncharov

1812 - 1891

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Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov ( GON-chə-rof, US also -⁠rawf; Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, romanized: Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, IPA: [ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof]; 18 June [O.S. 6 June] 1812 – 27 September [O.S. 15 September] 1891) was a Russian novelist best known for his novels The Same Old Story (1847, also translated as A Common Story), Oblomov (1859), and The Precipice (1869, also translated as Malinovka Heights). He also served in many official capacities, including the position of censor. Goncharov was born in Simbirsk into the family of a wealthy merchant; as a reward for his grandfather's military service, they were elevated to Russian nobility status. He was educated at a boarding school, then the Moscow College of Commerce, and finally at Moscow State University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Goncharov is the 518th most popular writer (up from 663rd in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Russia (up from 217th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Russian Writer.

Ivan Goncharov is most famous for his novel "Oblomov," which tells the story of a Russian nobleman who is too lazy to do anything.

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Among writers, Ivan Goncharov ranks 518 out of 7,302. Before him are Mika Waltari, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Robert Walser, Jostein Gaarder, Ivan Franko, and Tibullus. After him are Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ilya Ehrenburg, Michel Houellebecq, Boris Vian, William S. Burroughs, and Novatian.

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Among people born in 1812, Ivan Goncharov ranks 5. Before him are Charles Dickens, Kaspar Hauser, Johann Gottfried Galle, and Théodore Rousseau. After him are Alexander Herzen, Louise of Orléans, Truganini, Augustus Pugin, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. Among people deceased in 1891, Ivan Goncharov ranks 17. Before him are Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Léo Delibes, Theo van Gogh, Edmond Becquerel, and Leopold Kronecker. After him are Jules Grévy, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Franz Miklosich, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Carl Nägeli, and Charles I of Württemberg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ivan Goncharov ranks 165 out of 3,761. Before him are Semyon Budyonny (1883), Lyudmila Putina (1958), Patriarch Kirill of Moscow (1946), Genrikh Yagoda (1891), Ivan Shishkin (1832), and Sofia Gubaidulina (1931). After him are Alexander Kolchak (1874), Felix Steiner (1896), Anatoly Dyatlov (1931), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), El Lissitzky (1890), and False Dmitry I (1581).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Ivan Goncharov ranks 22. Before him are Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Joseph Brodsky (1940), Sergei Yesenin (1895), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Ivan Bunin (1870), and Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884). After him are Alexander Herzen (1812), Ivan Krylov (1769), Marina Tsvetaeva (1892), Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), and Alexander Blok (1880).

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