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Yury Trifonov

1925 - 1981

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Yury Valentinovich Trifonov (Russian: Юрий Валентинович Трифонов; 28 August 1925 – 28 March 1981) was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "Urban Prose". He was considered a close contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yury Trifonov is the 4,592nd most popular writer (down from 4,357th in 2019), the 1,686th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,594th in 2019) and the 213th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yury Trifonov ranks 4,592 out of 7,302Before him are Bruno Frank, Vincenzo Monti, John D. MacDonald, Leszek Engelking, Mykola Kulish, and George Moore. After him are Pelagonius, Sotades, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Adela Zamudio, Hedwig Courths-Mahler, and Eyvindr skáldaspillir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Yury Trifonov ranks 324Before him are Eugene Garfield, John Shepherd-Barron, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, Tankred Dorst, Francisco Rodrigues, and Laura Ashley. After him are Carlo Di Palma, Marlen Khutsiev, Nat Lofthouse, Virginia E. Johnson, András Kovács, and David A. Huffman. Among people deceased in 1981, Yury Trifonov ranks 178Before him are Jaap Bakema, Elemér Kocsis, Guy Butler, Anita Loos, Juan Trippe, and Paul Hörbiger. After him are Rudolf Viertl, Jan Burgers, Mary Lou Williams, Francesca Woodman, Stanisław Mazur, and Werner Teske.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yury Trifonov ranks 1,686 out of 3,761Before him are Yevgeny Yevstigneyev (1926), Roman Vishniac (1897), Teresa Feoderovna Ries (1874), Aleksei Arbuzov (1908), Zedd (1989), and Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904). After him are Anatoli Ilyin (1931), Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852), Sergey Lebedev (1902), Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Aleksei Losev (1893), and Vladimir Petrov (1947).

Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Yury Trifonov ranks 213Before him are Tatyana Tolstaya (1951), Vera Panova (1905), Teffi (1872), Ivan Shmelyov (1873), Sophia Parnok (1885), and Aleksei Arbuzov (1908). After him are Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852), Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903), Vladimir Gilyarovsky (1853), Natalya Baranskaya (1908), Alexander Bek (1903), and Fyodor Abramov (1920).