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Yury Tynyanov

1894 - 1943

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Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Тыня́нов, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ tɨˈnʲænəf]; October 18, 1894 – December 20, 1943) was a Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter. He was an authority on Pushkin and an important member of the Russian Formalist school. Born in a Jewish community in the Russian Empire in modern-day Latvia, he moved to Saint Petersburg where he completed his education. During the 1920s in the Soviet Union, he published numerous novels, works, and movie scripts, as well as working as a translator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yury Tynyanov is the 3,223rd most popular writer (down from 3,126th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yury Tynyanov ranks 3,223 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Kingsley, Philostratus of Lemnos, Andrew Lang, Cristina Calderón, Fernán Caballero, and Phlegon of Tralles. After him are John Henry Mackay, Ignacio Ramonet, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Valentin Rasputin, and Erich Fried.

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Among people born in 1894, Yury Tynyanov ranks 130. Before him are Kyuichi Tokuda, Ernesto Ambrosini, David Butler, Vilmos Aba-Novák, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, and Sofoklis Venizelos. After him are Edgar Jung, Walter Byron, Carlos Luz, Hermann Muhs, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, and Vicente Rojo Lluch. Among people deceased in 1943, Yury Tynyanov ranks 118. Before him are Henner Henkel, Hàm Nghi, Kostis Palamas, Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, and Lajos Werkner. After him are Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, Azim Azimzade, Rutka Laskier, Winnaretta Singer, Hristo Lukov, and Johan Ludwig Mowinckel.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Yury Tynyanov ranks 88 out of 323. Before him are Lūcija Garūta (1902), Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899), Georg August Schweinfurth (1836), Jānis Balodis (1881), Nikolay Lossky (1870), and Yevgeny Miller (1867). After him are Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Lina Stern (1878), Eduard Totleben (1818), Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809), Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829), and Vilhelms Purvītis (1872).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Yury Tynyanov ranks 10. Before him are Barbara von Krüdener (1764), Aspazija (1865), Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Vilis Lācis (1904), and Vizma Belševica (1931). After him are Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Krišjānis Barons (1835), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Anna Brigadere (1861), and Astrid Ivask (1926).

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