WRITER

Vira Vovk

1926 - 2022

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Vira Ostapivna Selianska (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Оста́півна Селя́нська, pen name Vira Vovk (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Вовк; 2 January 1926 – 16 July 2022) was a Ukrainian writer, critic and translator. She wrote in Ukrainian, German and Portuguese. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vira Vovk is the 4,074th most popular writer (up from 5,310th in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 826th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vira Vovk ranks 4,074 out of 7,302. Before her are Leigh Brackett, Shushanik Kurghinian, Eric Frank Russell, Hovhannes Shiraz, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, and Nuruddin Farah. After her are André Schwarz-Bart, Laura Cereta, Anne Hébert, Gleb Uspensky, Laura Bridgman, and Yuriy Venelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Vira Vovk ranks 288. Before her are Julio César Britos, Armand Penverne, José Alfredo Jiménez, Shinichi Hoshi, Julie London, and Myung Rye-hyun. After her are Julie Adams, Rafael Lesmes, Joe Slovo, Theo Adam, Rafiq Nishonov, and Baltazar. Among people deceased in 2022, Vira Vovk ranks 304. Before her are Joseph Raz, Chaim Kanievsky, Pharoah Sanders, Hugo Fernández, Lygia Fagundes Telles, and Carmela Corren. After her are Michael Sela, Masato Kudo, Anatoly Alyabyev, Alan White, Maria Gusakova, and Alevtina Kolchina.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vira Vovk ranks 596 out of 1,365. Before her are Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949), Olga Lepeshinskaya (1916), Pinhas Lavon (1904), Kazimierz Nowak (1897), Grigory Chukhray (1921), and Aleksandr Gauk (1893). After her are Oleksandr Moroz (1944), Georgi Todorov (1858), Vladimir Baranov-Rossine (1888), Yaroslav Yevdokimov (1946), Oleksiy Danilov (1962), and Elina Bystritskaya (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Vira Vovk ranks 82. Before her are Viktor Nekrasov (1911), Ilya Ilf (1897), Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Mykola Bazhan (1904), Lev Nussimbaum (1905), and Gheorghe Asachi (1788). After her are Jan Brzechwa (1898), David Bergelson (1884), Ida Fink (1921), Sofia Yablonska (1907), Vasyl Stefanyk (1871), and Emma Andijewska (1931).

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