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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

1826 - 1889

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Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Russian: Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil jɪvˈɡrafəvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof ɕːɪˈdrʲin]; 27 January [O.S. 15 January] 1826 – 10 May [O.S. 28 April] 1889), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name Nikolai Shchedrin (Russian: Николай Щедрин), was a major Russian writer and satirist of the 19th century. He spent most of his life working as a civil servant in various capacities. After the death of poet Nikolay Nekrasov, he acted as editor of a Russian literary magazine Otechestvenniye Zapiski until the Tsarist government banned it in 1884. In his works Saltykov mastered both stark realism and satirical grotesque merged with fantasy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin is the 1,343rd most popular writer (up from 1,379th in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from Russia (up from 494th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin ranks 1,343 out of 7,302. Before him are Arnold van Gennep, Bharata Muni, Diana Gabaldon, Nora Roberts, Joseph Mohr, and Clodia Pulchra. After him are Giovanni Verga, Imru' al-Qais, Martha Gellhorn, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Ken Robinson, and Yan Fu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin ranks 13. Before him are Wilhelm Liebknecht, Ludwig Minkus, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Armand David, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro. After him are Alexander Afanasyev, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Zénobe Gramme, Spotted Elk, Adolf Bastian, and Karl von Piloty. Among people deceased in 1889, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin ranks 22. Before him are Wilkie Collins, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Maria Mitchell, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, and Marie of Prussia. After him are Robert Browning, Giovanni Bottesini, Jules Dupré, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Gaston Planté, and Şevkefza Kadın.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin ranks 456 out of 3,761. Before him are Galina Ulanova (1910), Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (1835), Anatoly Lyadov (1855), Ivan Bilibin (1876), Mikhail of Tver (1271), and False Dmitry II (1600). After him are Maria Spiridonova (1884), Vladimir Bekhterev (1857), Roza Shanina (1924), Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700), Pavel Milyukov (1859), and Savielly Tartakower (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin ranks 55. Before him are Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Daniil Kharms (1905), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), and Andrei Platonov (1899). After him are Alexander Radishchev (1749), Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Elsa Triolet (1896), and Sergey Mikhalkov (1913).

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