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Victor Pelevin

1962 - Today

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Victor Olegovich Pelevin (Russian: Виктор Олегович Пелевин, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər ɐˈlʲeɡəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈlʲevʲɪn]; born 22 November 1962) is a Russian fiction writer. His novels include Omon Ra (1992), The Life of Insects (1993), Chapayev and Void (1996), and Generation P (1999). He is a laureate of multiple literary awards including the Russian Little Booker Prize (1993) and the Russian National Bestseller (2004), the former for the short story collection The Blue Lantern (1991). In 2011 he was nominated for the Nobel prize in Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Pelevin is the 3,563rd most popular writer (down from 3,399th in 2019), the 1,255th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,258th in 2019) and the 149th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Victor Pelevin ranks 3,563 out of 7,302. Before him are Lady Ise, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, William Cowper, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Jonathan Littell, and Robert McKee. After him are Edna St. Vincent Millay, Françoise Giroud, Castor of Rhodes, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Tarafa, and Gyula Krúdy.

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Among people born in 1962, Victor Pelevin ranks 152. Before him are Shinobu Ikeda, Nawal El Moutawakel, Liza Marklund, Ron McGovney, Wynton Rufer, and Ulisses Correia e Silva. After him are Nigmatilla Yuldashev, Maruschka Detmers, Karel Roden, Tariq Ramadan, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and David Foster Wallace.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Victor Pelevin ranks 1,255 out of 3,761. Before him are Ekaterina Maximova (1939), Veijo Meri (1928), Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia (1906), Natalya Kovshova (1920), Anatoly Marchenko (1938), and Stanislav Govorukhin (1936). After him are Nicolas Slonimsky (1894), Semyon Chelyuskin (1700), Boris Volynov (1934), Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Kaj Franck (1911), and Vladimir Petlyakov (1891).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Victor Pelevin ranks 149. Before him are Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (1938), Guzal Sitdikova (1952), Zacharias Werner (1768), Kir Bulychev (1934), Boris Polevoy (1908), and Veijo Meri (1928). After him are Yuri Rytkheu (1930), Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864), Edvard Radzinsky (1936), Gaito Gazdanov (1903), Olga Bergholz (1910), and Yuli Daniel (1925).

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