WRITER

Nadezhda Mandelstam

1899 - 1980

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Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam (Russian: Надежда Яковлевна Мандельштам, IPA: [nɐˈdʲeʐdə ˈjakəvlʲɪvnə mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam]; née Khazina [Хазина]; 30 October [O.S. 18 October] 1899 – 29 December 1980) was a Russian-Jewish writer, translator, educator, linguist, and memoirist. She is the author of two memoirs about her life with her husband Osip Mandelstam and the repressive Stalinist regime they faced: Hope Against Hope (1970) and Hope Abandoned (1974), both first published in the West in English, translated by Max Hayward. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nadezhda Mandelstam is the 1,281st most popular writer (up from 1,343rd in 2019), the 434th most popular biography from Russia (up from 482nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nadezhda Mandelstam ranks 1,281 out of 7,302Before her are Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Ephraim Kishon, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Ivan Gundulić, Theodor Storm, and Hugo Gernsback. After her are Ellen Key, Elizabeth Gaskell, Georges Rodenbach, Giovanni Papini, Ono no Komachi, and Alcman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Nadezhda Mandelstam ranks 62Before her are Bronislav Kaminski, Ludwig Guttmann, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Leo Strauss, Lao She, and Brassaï. After her are Andrei Platonov, Louis Chiron, Georges Bidault, Akim Tamiroff, Philipp Bouhler, and Frances Yates. Among people deceased in 1980, Nadezhda Mandelstam ranks 59Before her are Yigal Allon, Heinz Linge, Ludwig Guttmann, Patrick Depailler, Seretse Khama, and Vinicius de Moraes. After her are Stanisława Walasiewicz, Ernő Gerő, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Ian Curtis, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, and Filipp Golikov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Nadezhda Mandelstam ranks 434 out of 3,761Before her are Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Eduard Khil (1934), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Dmitry of Uglich (1582), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), and Ivan Ilyin (1883). After her are Valentin Serov (1865), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Helena of Moscow (1476), and Andrei Platonov (1899).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Nadezhda Mandelstam ranks 53Before her are Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Daniil Kharms (1905), and Nathalie Sarraute (1900). After her are Andrei Platonov (1899), Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826), Alexander Radishchev (1749), Alexander Afanasyev (1826), Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), and Bulat Okudzhava (1924).