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Viktor Shklovsky

1893 - 1984

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Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky (Russian: Ви́ктор Бори́сович Шкло́вский, IPA: [ˈʂklofskʲɪj]; 24 January [O.S. 12 January] 1893 – 6 December 1984) was a Russian and Soviet literary theorist, critic, writer, and pamphleteer. He is one of the major figures associated with Russian formalism. Viktor Shklovsky's Theory of Prose was published in 1925. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Shklovsky is the 974th most popular writer (down from 877th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Russia (down from 299th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Russian Writer.

Shklovsky is most famous for his theory of ostranenie, or defamiliarization. This theory is a way of looking at art and literature as a means of seeing the world in a new way.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Viktor Shklovsky ranks 974 out of 7,302. Before him are Aimé Césaire, Cormac McCarthy, Ambrose Bierce, Raymond Carver, Venantius Fortunatus, and Jean Giraudoux. After him are Abraham Abulafia, Sonia Rykiel, Hélène Cixous, Avienus, Sin Saimdang, and Victorien Sardou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Viktor Shklovsky ranks 45. Before him are Lili Boulanger, Emmy Göring, Fritz Perls, Hans Fallada, James B. Conant, and Hermann Balck. After him are Hattie McDaniel, Ana Pauker, Mae West, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Ernst Toller, and Clemens Krauss. Among people deceased in 1984, Viktor Shklovsky ranks 37. Before him are Stanley Milgram, Oleg Antonov, Philippe Ariès, Vincent J. McMahon, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, and Motoo Tatsuhara. After him are Karl Rahner, Dmitry Ustinov, Kim Sung-gan, Henri Michaux, Irwin Shaw, and Oskar Werner.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Shklovsky ranks 319 out of 3,761. Before him are Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895), Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Gerhard Barkhorn (1919), Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586), and Alfred Schnittke (1934). After him are Vasily Perov (1834), Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (1860), Oleg Penkovsky (1919), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), George Balanchine (1904), and Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Viktor Shklovsky ranks 33. Before him are Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Alexander Blok (1880), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Arthur Adamov (1908), Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), and Varlam Shalamov (1907). After him are Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), Henri Troyat (1911), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), and Edith Södergran (1892).

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