WRITER

Vasily Yan

1874 - 1954

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Vasily Yan (Russian: Василий Ян; 4 January 1875 [O.S. 23 December 1874], Kiev, Russian Empire – August 5, 1954, Zvenigorod, Moscow Oblast), also spelled "Vassily Yan" (or "Ian") or just "V. Yan", was the pen name of Vasily Grigoryevich Yanchevetsky (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Янчевецкий), a Russian and Soviet writer, author of famous historic novels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Yan is the 5,067th most popular writer (down from 4,970th in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 773rd in 2019) and the 113th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vasily Yan ranks 5,067 out of 7,302. Before him are Margery Allingham, Roland Dorgelès, John Gardner, Mary Stewart, Daína Chaviano, and Sarah Kane. After him are George du Maurier, Amitav Ghosh, Takeshi Shudo, Linda Grant, Miyamoto Yuriko, and Michiel de Swaen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Vasily Yan ranks 193. Before him are Adolf Brand, Conrad Magnusson, Mary Garden, Charles A. Beard, Grantley Goulding, and Honus Wagner. After him are Manuel Machado, George Sheldon, Frederic Clements, Joseph Olivier, François Brandt, and Jean Collas. Among people deceased in 1954, Vasily Yan ranks 135. Before him are Miles Franklin, Charles Perrin, Sydney Greenstreet, Otto Gebühr, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, and Liberty Hyde Bailey. After him are Rupert Hollaus, Vivian Woodward, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Zhang Shichuan, Julius Körner, and Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vasily Yan ranks 776 out of 1,365. Before him are Nikolai Gubenko (1941), Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi (1943), Mykhailo Mudryk (2001), Yuri Linnik (1914), Yuriy Fedkovych (1834), and Oleh Tyahnybok (1968). After him are Eduard Gufeld (1936), Józef Kowalski (1900), Sergei Magnitsky (1972), Vladimir Muntyan (1946), Gregory Breit (1899), and Markus Reiner (1886).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Vasily Yan ranks 113. Before him are Antoni Malczewski (1793), Mikhail Zhvanetsky (1934), Hermann Kesten (1900), Aleksei Kruchyonykh (1886), Eduard Bagritsky (1895), and Yuriy Fedkovych (1834). After him are Mykhaylo Semenko (1892), Yurii Andrukhovych (1960), Valerian Pidmohylny (1901), Henry Roth (1906), Mark Aldanov (1886), and Ivan Kavaleridze (1887).

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