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Yordan Radichkov

1929 - 2004

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Yordan Dimitrov Radichkov (Bulgarian: Йордан Радичков; 24 October 1929 – 21 January 2004) was a Bulgarian writer and playwright. Literary critics Adelina Angusheva and Galin Tihanov called him "arguably the most significant voice of Bulgarian literature in the last third of the 20th century". Some literary critics have referred to him as the Bulgarian Kafka or Gogol. Radichkov is widely known for his numerous short stories, novels and plays. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yordan Radichkov is the 5,480th most popular writer (up from 5,590th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 228th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Bulgarian Writer.

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Among writers, Yordan Radichkov ranks 5,480 out of 7,302. Before him are K. Shivaram Karanth, Peter Härtling, Leslie Charteris, Jørn Lier Horst, Maeve Binchy, and Carl Amery. After him are Teresa de la Parra, Federigo Tozzi, Shahrnush Parsipur, Mario Luzi, Altaf Hussain Hali, and Agustín Durán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Yordan Radichkov ranks 433. Before him are Sergio Cervato, Alfredo Pérez, Girija Devi, Yevgeniy Chazov, Lucille Teasdale-Corti, and Gerald Dreyer. After him are Pentti Hämäläinen, Józef Pińkowski, Bruno Belin, Pat Crawford Brown, Marcelino dos Santos, and Charlotte Froese Fischer. Among people deceased in 2004, Yordan Radichkov ranks 263. Before him are Inge Meysel, Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, George Hunter, Laurance Rockefeller, Alan Brown, and Lennart Strand. After him are Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, Germano de Figueiredo, Ugo Ferrante, Jiří Weiss, David Reimer, and Zurab Sakandelidze.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Yordan Radichkov ranks 235 out of 415. Before him are Anton Donchev (1930), Volen Siderov (1956), Plamen Oresharski (1960), Georgi Slavkov (1958), Yordanka Blagoeva (1947), and Manuela Maleeva (1967). After him are Dimitar Stanchov (1863), Vladimir Dimitrov (1882), Grigor Dimitrov (1991), Dimitar Dimov (1909), Vidin Apostolov (1941), and Katya Paskaleva (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Yordan Radichkov ranks 31. Before him are Pencho Slaveykov (1866), Georgi Gospodinov (1968), Kostas Varnalis (1884), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Yordan Yovkov (1880), and Anton Donchev (1930). After him are Dimitar Dimov (1909), Michael Arlen (1895), and Ilija Trojanow (1965).

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