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Vasily Aksyonov

1932 - 2009

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Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov (Russian: Васи́лий Па́влович Аксёнов, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ɐˈksʲɵnəf]; August 20, 1932 – July 6, 2009) was a Soviet and Russian novelist. He became known in the West as the author of The Burn (Ожог, Ozhog, from 1975) and of Generations of Winter (Московская сага, Moskovskaya Saga, from 1992), a family saga following three generations of the Gradov family between 1925 and 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Aksyonov is the 2,400th most popular writer (down from 2,080th in 2019), the 823rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 750th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vasily Aksyonov ranks 2,400 out of 7,302. Before him are Nigidius Figulus, Gulbadan Begum, Ernst Robert Curtius, John Marston, Paul Adam, and Kyōka Izumi. After him are Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Akaki Tsereteli, Pascal Bruckner, Zeki Müren, Noël Coward, and Henry Louis Gates Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Vasily Aksyonov ranks 168. Before him are Qahhor Mahkamov, Aharon Appelfeld, Joel Grey, Pál Csernai, Kurt Diemberger, and Orlando Letelier. After him are Étienne Tshisekedi, Arnold Wesker, Jacques Roubaud, Boris Shakhlin, Predrag Matvejević, and Javier Echevarría Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 2009, Vasily Aksyonov ranks 118. Before him are Edward Schillebeeckx, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Tayeb Salih, Henry Allingham, Merce Cunningham, and Rosanna Schiaffino. After him are Bea Arthur, Robert Enke, Susanna Agnelli, Shi Pei Pu, Pierre Harmel, and Amir Pnueli.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Aksyonov ranks 823 out of 3,761. Before him are Edwin Klebs (1834), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Vyacheslav von Plehve (1846), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Eero Järnefelt (1863), and Andrey II of Vladimir (1222). After him are Natalia Makarova (1940), Alexander Fadeyev (1901), Aleksandr Dvornikov (1961), Samuil Marshak (1887), Inna Churikova (1943), and Nikolai Korotkov (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Vasily Aksyonov ranks 97. Before him are Nina Berberova (1901), Olga Rozanova (1886), Andrey Kurbsky (1528), Afanasy Fet (1820), Musa Cälil (1906), and Andrei Voznesensky (1933). After him are Alexander Fadeyev (1901), Samuil Marshak (1887), Tanya Savicheva (1930), Konstantin Balmont (1867), Ivan Yefremov (1908), and Sergey Aksakov (1791).

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