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Leonid Leonov

1899 - 1994

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Leonid Maksimovich Leonov (Russian: Леони́д Макси́мович Лео́нов; 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1899 — 8 August 1994) was a Soviet novelist and playwright of socialist realism. His works have been compared with Dostoevsky's deep psychological torment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Leonov is the 3,011th most popular writer (down from 2,856th in 2019), the 1,053rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,059th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Leonid Leonov ranks 3,011 out of 7,302. Before him are Nahum Goldmann, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, José de Alencar, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Diphilus, and Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths. After him are Rachel Bluwstein, Anne McCaffrey, John Aubrey, Cristina Peri Rossi, Ferenc Kazinczy, and Juan Pablo Bonet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Leonid Leonov ranks 147. Before him are S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Qu Qiubai, Alexander Tcherepnin, Aleksander Klumberg, Robert Casadesus, and Semyon Krivoshein. After him are Fritz von Opel, Sára Salkaházi, Anita Berber, Georg Leibbrandt, Pierre Victor Auger, and Harold Abrahams. Among people deceased in 1994, Leonid Leonov ranks 156. Before him are Anni Albers, Frederick Copleston, Stephen Cole Kleene, Ales Adamovich, Roy J. Plunkett, and Grigol Abashidze. After him are Mildred Natwick, Joe Pass, Dmitri Ivanenko, Phoumi Vongvichit, John Edward Williams, and Mehmed Orhan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Leonov ranks 1,053 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Afanasyev (1948), Matvey Blanter (1903), Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873), Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (1852), Pavel Yablochkov (1847), and Yuliya Solntseva (1901). After him are Muslim Magomayev (1885), Rachel Bluwstein (1890), Nikolay Raevsky (1771), Sergey Uvarov (1786), Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov (1943), and Pavel Postyshev (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Leonid Leonov ranks 123. Before him are Kondraty Ryleyev (1795), Leah Goldberg (1911), Dmitry Pisarev (1840), Boris Pilnyak (1894), Sergei Nilus (1862), and Friedrich von Lütke (1797). After him are Rachel Bluwstein (1890), Şihabetdin Märcani (1818), Aleksey Pisemsky (1821), Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938), Igor Gouzenko (1919), and Philotheus of Pskov (1465).

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