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Veijo Meri

1928 - 2015

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Veijo Väinö Valvo Meri (31 December 1928 – 21 June 2015) was a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity. The work is anti-war and has dark humor. Born in Viipuri (today Vyborg, Russia), Meri graduated from secondary school in Hämeenlinna, then studied history and became an independent writer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veijo Meri is the 3,550th most popular writer (up from 4,287th in 2019), the 1,250th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,562nd in 2019) and the 148th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Veijo Meri ranks 3,550 out of 7,302. Before him are Herman Grimm, Charles Simon Favart, Boris Polevoy, Lois Lowry, Ćamil Sijarić, and Grigor Parlichev. After him are Ennio Flaiano, Johann Christian Günther, George the Hagiorite, Garlieb Merkel, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, and Nihal Atsız.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Veijo Meri ranks 288. Before him are Elio Sgreccia, Péter Boross, Pilar Lorengar, Karl Josef Becker, Miguel Poblet, and Torben Ulrich. After him are Tahir Salahov, Kevin Hagen, Gerald Bull, Flóra Kádár, Estelle Harris, and Edgar Schein. Among people deceased in 2015, Veijo Meri ranks 202. Before him are Gerald Götting, Roddy Piper, Søren Kam, Karl Josef Becker, Elżbieta Krzesińska, and Angelo Anquilletti. After him are Daevid Allen, Guy Béart, Evelyn Furtsch, Tignous, Gene Amdahl, and Patachou.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Veijo Meri ranks 1,250 out of 3,761. Before him are Yevhen Rudakov (1942), Ludvig Faddeev (1934), Ivan Mosjoukine (1889), Boris Polevoy (1908), Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921), and Ekaterina Maximova (1939). After him are Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia (1906), Natalya Kovshova (1920), Anatoly Marchenko (1938), Stanislav Govorukhin (1936), Victor Pelevin (1962), and Nicolas Slonimsky (1894).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Veijo Meri ranks 148. Before him are Alexander Sumarokov (1717), Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (1938), Guzal Sitdikova (1952), Zacharias Werner (1768), Kir Bulychev (1934), and Boris Polevoy (1908). After him are Victor Pelevin (1962), Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864), Edvard Radzinsky (1936), Gaito Gazdanov (1903), and Olga Bergholz (1910).

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