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Mikhail Svetlov

1903 - 1964

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Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov (Russian: Михаил Аркадьевич Светлов), born Scheinkman (Russian: Шейнкман) (June 17 [O.S. June 4] 1903 – 28 September 1964) was a Russian poet and playwright. Posthumous laureate of the Lenin Prize 1967. Figures of speech and constructions of his works sometimes resemble those of Heinrich Heine, for which he was nicknamed Red Heine, as evidenced, in particular, by Vladimir Mayakovsky ‘s satirical poem “To the Proletarian Poets ” (Message to the Proletarian Poets, 1926). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Svetlov is the 6,082nd most popular writer (down from 5,579th in 2019), the 938th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 858th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mikhail Svetlov ranks 6,082 out of 7,302. Before him are Manuel Rojas, David Simon, Hugh Blair, Waleed Al-Husseini, Sigitas Geda, and Nalini Bala Devi. After him are Wallace Stegner, Ralph Giordano, Karin Slaughter, José Burgos, James Dickey, and Mathias Énard.

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Among people born in 1903, Mikhail Svetlov ranks 338. Before him are Una Merkel, John Heysham Gibbon, Erik Svensson, DeHart Hubbard, Eric A. Havelock, and Jaipal Singh Munda. After him are George E. Stone, Mike Mansfield, Vera Stroyeva, Otto von Porat, Edgar Buchanan, and Luis Izzeta. Among people deceased in 1964, Mikhail Svetlov ranks 201. Before him are Nella Larsen, Norman Z. McLeod, Luciano Savorini, Alice Wilson, Harold McMunn, and Montgomery Wilson. After him are Per Nilsson, Lillian Copeland, Stuart Davis, Branislav Hrnjiček, Frank Albertson, and Roscoe Pound.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Mikhail Svetlov ranks 938 out of 1,365. Before him are Viacheslav Semenov (1947), Dmitry Gordon (1967), Mike Mazurki (1907), Kyrylo Budanov (1986), Andriy Pyatov (1984), and Sam Zimbalist (1905). After him are Tatiana Navka (1975), Mark Kac (1914), Ruslan Ponomariov (1983), Peter Bondra (1968), Leonid Fedun (1956), and Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Mikhail Svetlov ranks 129. Before him are Boris Lavrenyov (1891), Serhiy Zhadan (1974), Jan Parandowski (1895), Kazimierz Wierzyński (1894), Eugenie Schwarzwald (1872), and Dmitry Gordon (1967). After him are Mikhail Gurevich (1959), Volodymyr Vakulenko (1972), Victoria Amelina (1986), Emmanuil Kazakevich (1913), Georgi Vladimov (1931), and Oles Buzina (1969).

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