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Panait Istrati

1884 - 1935

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Panait Istrati (Romanian: [panaˈit isˈtrati]; sometimes rendered as Panaït Istrati; (August 10, 1884 – April 16, 1935) was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans. Istrati appears to be the first Romanian author explicitly depicting a homosexual character in his work. Although he lived and worked mainly in Romania, due to his impact on French literature, Istrati is sometimes also labeled as "French writer". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Panait Istrati is the 962nd most popular writer (down from 956th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Romania (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Romanian Writer.

Panait Istrati is most famous for his novel "The Forest Passage" which is a memoir of his time in Russia and Romania.

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Among writers, Panait Istrati ranks 962 out of 7,302. Before him are Hrotsvitha, Horatio Alger, Peter Weiss, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Silius Italicus, and John Updike. After him are Juliette Récamier, John Fante, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Frank Wedekind, and Aimé Césaire.

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Among people born in 1884, Panait Istrati ranks 36. Before him are Gerald Gardner, Edward Sapir, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Rajendra Prasad, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, and Max Beckmann. After him are Otto Rank, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Étienne Gilson, Antonín Zápotocký, Petru Groza, and Hugo Gernsback. Among people deceased in 1935, Panait Istrati ranks 34. Before him are Aron Nimzowitsch, Henri Pirenne, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Hugo Junkers, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, and Mihajlo Pupin. After him are Magnus Hirschfeld, Anna Ancher, Ali of Hejaz, Paul Bourget, Rashid Rida, and Johan Halvorsen.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Panait Istrati ranks 60 out of 844. Before him are Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), George Emil Palade (1912), Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), Henri Coandă (1886), Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), and Chivu Stoica (1908). After him are Valentin Ceaușescu (1948), Elisabeth of Romania (1894), Zoia Ceaușescu (1949), Ion Ivanovici (1845), Ana Pauker (1893), and Clara Haskil (1895).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Panait Istrati ranks 9. Before him are Herta Müller (1953), Paul Celan (1920), Elie Wiesel (1928), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), and Mihai Eminescu (1850). After him are Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), and Dora d'Istria (1828).

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