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Rasul Gamzatov

1923 - 2003

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Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (Avar: ХӀамзатазул Расул ХӀамзатил вас, romanized: Ħamzatazul Rasul Ħamzatil vas, IPA: [ħamzatil rasul]; Russian: Расу́л Гамза́тович Гамза́тов, IPA: [rɐˈsul ɡɐmˈzatəvʲɪtɕ ɡɐmˈzatəf] ; 8 September 1923 – 3 November 2003) was a Soviet and Russian poet who wrote in Avar. Among his poems was Zhuravli, which became a well-known Soviet song. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rasul Gamzatov is the 1,236th most popular writer (up from 1,316th in 2019), the 417th most popular biography from Russia (up from 472nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rasul Gamzatov ranks 1,236 out of 7,302Before him are Karim Findi, Pierre de Marivaux, Egill Skallagrímsson, John William Polidori, Gavrila Derzhavin, and B. H. Liddell Hart. After him are Lu You, Max Nordau, Charles Péguy, Achilles Tatius, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and Jan Guillou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Rasul Gamzatov ranks 67Before him are Antonio Quarracino, Horst Tappert, Agatha Barbara, Merton Miller, Victoria de los Ángeles, and Rudolph A. Marcus. After him are Koji Miyata, Cliff Robertson, Zlatko Čajkovski, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Walter M. Miller Jr., and Norman Mailer. Among people deceased in 2003, Rasul Gamzatov ranks 57Before him are Franco Corelli, Monique Wittig, Tadao Horie, Diana Mosley, Moktar Ould Daddah, and William C. McCool. After him are John Schlesinger, André Claveau, June Carter Cash, László Papp, Edgar F. Codd, and Valentin Pavlov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Rasul Gamzatov ranks 417 out of 3,761Before him are Yury Luzhkov (1936), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), Alexey Ekimov (1945), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), and Gavrila Derzhavin (1743). After him are Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Irving Berlin (1888), Lauri Kristian Relander (1883), Daniil Kharms (1905), and Princess Louise of Prussia (1808).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Rasul Gamzatov ranks 50Before him are Leonid Andreyev (1871), Andrei Bely (1880), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), and Gavrila Derzhavin (1743). After him are Daniil Kharms (1905), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899), Andrei Platonov (1899), Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826), and Alexander Radishchev (1749).