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Velimir Khlebnikov

1885 - 1922

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Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian: Велими́р Хле́бников, IPA: [vʲɪlʲɪˈmʲir ˈxlʲɛbnʲɪkəf]; 9 November [O.S. 28 October] 1885 – 28 June 1922), was a Russian poet and playwright, a central part of the Russian Futurist movement, but his work and influence stretch far beyond it. Influential linguist Roman Jakobson hailed Khlebnikov as "the greatest world poet of our century". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Velimir Khlebnikov is the 1,167th most popular writer (down from 1,108th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Russia (down from 389th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Russian Writer.

Vilimir Khlebnikov was a Russian poet and writer, who was most famous for his zaum poetry.

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Among writers, Velimir Khlebnikov ranks 1,167 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcel Pagnol, Marcus Minucius Felix, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Henri Michaux, Danielle Steel, and Comtessa de Dia. After him are Nordahl Grieg, Tukaram, Juliusz Słowacki, Ibn Khallikan, Jean de Joinville, and Sadriddin Ayni.

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Among people born in 1885, Velimir Khlebnikov ranks 50. Before him are Otto Klemperer, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Jules Pascin, G. W. Pabst, Romano Guardini, and Will Durant. After him are Christian Wirth, Franz Böhme, Sacha Guitry, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Seishirō Itagaki, and André Lhote. Among people deceased in 1922, Velimir Khlebnikov ranks 33. Before him are Gabriel Narutowicz, Camille Jordan, Arthur Nikisch, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Mori Ōgai, and Henri Désiré Landru. After him are Yamagata Aritomo, Hermann Alexander Diels, Alessandro Moreschi, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Giovanni Verga, and Catherine Dolgorukov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Velimir Khlebnikov ranks 394 out of 3,761. Before him are Ramzan Kadyrov (1976), Andrei Bely (1880), Aleksandr Karelin (1967), Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923), Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), and Viktor Tsoi (1962). After him are Mengu-Timur (1235), Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (1943), Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), and Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Velimir Khlebnikov ranks 46. Before him are Alexander Litvinenko (1962), Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817), Alexander Ostrovsky (1823), Nikolai Leskov (1831), Leonid Andreyev (1871), and Andrei Bely (1880). After him are Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Daniil Kharms (1905), and Nathalie Sarraute (1900).

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