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Polina Zherebtsova

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Polina Zherebtsova (Russian: Полина Викторовна Жеребцова, IPA: [pɐˈlʲinə ʐɨrʲɪpˈt͡sovə]; 20 March 1985) is a Chechen Russian diarist and poet. She's the author of Ant in a Glass Jar, covering her childhood, adolescence and youth that witnessed two Chechen wars. She was born in a mixed ethnic family in Grozny, Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic, USSR. In 2002, she began to work as a journalist. She is a member of PEN International and the Union of Journalists of Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Polina Zherebtsova is the 7,206th most popular writer (down from 6,987th in 2024), the 3,126th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,919th in 2019) and the 298th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Polina Zherebtsova ranks 7,206 out of 7,302. Before her are Bethany Hamilton, Ursula Poznanski, Beate Grimsrud, Chris Abani, Sylvia Day, and Gro Dahle. After her are Ann Scott, Diablo Cody, Laurie Halse Anderson, Reza Aslan, Rachel Caine, and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Polina Zherebtsova ranks 675. Before her are Gianni Meersman, Bo McCalebb, Dan Byrd, Filip Polášek, Arkadij Naiditsch, and Mick Gordon. After her are Jesús Gámez, Eréndira Ibarra, Ilsinho, Anzur Ismailov, Renaldas Seibutis, and Alexander Galimov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Polina Zherebtsova ranks 3,126 out of 3,761. Before her are Andrei Ivanov (1967), Anton Shunin (1987), Valentina Tsybulskaya (1968), Hugo González (null), Svetlana Zakharova (1970), and Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (1965). After her are Viktor Kozlov (1975), Alisa Kleybanova (1989), Oleg Veretennikov (1970), Igor Pavlov (1979), Pyotr Fyodorov (1982), and Alexander Galimov (1985).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Polina Zherebtsova ranks 298. Before her are Victor Shenderovich (1958), Guzel Yakhina (1977), Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (1989), Elena Milashina (1978), Maria Stepanova (1972), and Ilze Liepa (1963). After her are Oleg Pavlov (1970), Kira Yarmysh (1989), Gary Shteyngart (1972), and Kelly Murphy (null).

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