WRITER

Victor Serge

1890 - 1947

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Victor Serge (French: [viktɔʁ sɛʁʒ]; born Viktor Lvovich Kibalchich, Russian: Ви́ктор Льво́вич Киба́льчич; 30 December 1890 – 17 November 1947) was a Belgian-born Russian revolutionary, novelist, poet, historian, journalist, and translator. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Bolsheviks in January 1919 after arriving in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) at the height of the Russian Civil War. He worked for the Comintern as a journalist, editor, and translator and was an early critic of the emerging Stalinist regime. Serge joined the Left Opposition in 1923 and was expelled from the Communist Party in late 1927 or early 1928. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Serge is the 1,469th most popular writer (down from 1,291st in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 164th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Victor Serge ranks 1,469 out of 7,302. Before him are Phrynichus, Ernst Hanfstaengl, J. Michael Straczynski, Albert of Aix, Vasily Shukshin, and Bernard Cornwell. After him are Liang Qichao, Dan Simmons, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Paul Rée, Marie de Gournay, and Léon Werth.

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Among people born in 1890, Victor Serge ranks 62. Before him are Frank Martin, Erich Kleiber, Milunka Savić, Rose Kennedy, Adolf Schärf, and Géza Lakatos. After him are Walter Krüger, Prince Joachim of Prussia, Zeki Velidi Togan, Elpidio Quirino, Bechara El Khoury, and Vannevar Bush. Among people deceased in 1947, Victor Serge ranks 64. Before him are Franz Seldte, Alfredo Casella, Franz Ritter von Epp, Dorothea Binz, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, and P. D. Ouspensky. After him are Ananda Coomaraswamy, Slavko Kvaternik, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Ludwig Fischer, and Friedrich Paschen.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Victor Serge ranks 200 out of 1,190. Before him are Clara Peeters (1594), Raymond Goethals (1921), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), and Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573). After him are Jan Ceulemans (1957), Hugo Claus (1929), Begga (615), Silvio Gesell (1862), Paul van Zeeland (1893), and Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Victor Serge ranks 12. Before him are Pierre Louÿs (1870), Marguerite Porete (1250), Henri Michaux (1899), Laura Marx (1845), John of Ruusbroec (1293), and Georges Rodenbach (1855). After him are Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Hendrik Conscience (1812), Guido Gezelle (1830), and William of Moerbeke (1215).

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