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Wladimir Kaminer

1967 - Today

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Wladimir Kaminer (Russian: Владимир Викторович Каминер, romanized: Vladímir Víktorovich Kamíner; born 19 July 1967) is a Russian-born German short story writer, columnist and disc jockey of Jewish origin, the son of Viktor and Shanna Kaminer. Kaminer was born in Moscow, and after initially training as an audio engineer for theatre and radio, then studied dramaturgy at the Moscow Institute of Theatre. Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Kaminer emigrated to Marzahn, Berlin, in 1990. From the late 1990s onward Kaminer became a prime mover in Berlin's art and literature scenes, based at the reopened Kaffee Burger club. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wladimir Kaminer is the 6,794th most popular writer (down from 6,674th in 2019), the 2,728th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,686th in 2019) and the 290th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wladimir Kaminer ranks 6,794 out of 7,302Before him are Allen Tate, Tom Kapinos, Marius von Mayenburg, Carol Ann Duffy, Stephen Chbosky, and John Crowe Ransom. After him are William Safire, Louis MacNeice, Lawrence Wright, Peter Morgan, Richard Flanagan, and Éliette Abécassis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Wladimir Kaminer ranks 575Before him are Wang Tao, Tohir Yoʻldosh, Konstantin Kozeyev, Amar Osim, Maya Harris, and Gustavo Matosas. After him are Tim Schafer, Lionel Plumenail, Ivaylo Andonov, Tomasz Tomiak, Sebastián Losada, and Hayat Sindi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Wladimir Kaminer ranks 2,728 out of 3,761Before him are Konstantin Kozeyev (1967), Yelena Serova (1976), Igor Trandenkov (1966), Irina Kalinina (1959), Alexei Nemov (1976), and Aleksandr Ivanov (1951). After him are Svetlana Boyko (1972), Sergei Bazarevich (1965), Kamila Valieva (2006), MakSim (1983), Victor Shenderovich (1958), and Yulia Lipnitskaya (1998).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Wladimir Kaminer ranks 290Before him are Dmitry Bykov (1967), Olga Slavnikova (1957), Andrey Malakhov (1972), Rubén Gallego (1968), Elena Chizhova (1957), and Arkady Babchenko (1977). After him are Victor Shenderovich (1958), Guzel Yakhina (1977), Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (1989), Elena Milashina (1978), Maria Stepanova (1972), and Polina Zherebtsova (1985).