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Zinaida Gippius

1869 - 1945

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Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (Russian: Зинаи́да Никола́евна Ги́ппиус, IPA: [zʲɪnɐˈidə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ˈɡʲipʲɪus] ; 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1869 – 9 September 1945) was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker. She is considered one of the major figures in Russian symbolism.: 1  She began writing at an early age, and by the time she met Dmitry Merezhkovsky in 1888 was already a published poet. The two married in 1889. Gippius published her first book of poetry, Collection of Poems. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zinaida Gippius is the 1,877th most popular writer (down from 1,852nd in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 664th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Zinaida Gippius ranks 1,877 out of 7,302. Before her are Yasmina Reza, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Miguel Hernández, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, and Masaoka Shiki. After her are Siri Hustvedt, Hugh Lofting, Tonino Guerra, Tristan Corbière, Chūya Nakahara, and Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder.

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Among people born in 1869, Zinaida Gippius ranks 63. Before her are Stanisław Wyspiański, Hjalmar Söderberg, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Julius Dorpmüller, Yevno Azef, and Michael von Faulhaber. After her are Gerrit Smith Miller, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, Hans Poelzig, Washington Luís, Otto Nordenskjöld, and Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau. Among people deceased in 1945, Zinaida Gippius ranks 141. Before her are Eduard Wirths, Wilhelm Rediess, Gustav Flatow, Alexander Siloti, Otto Kittel, and Korechika Anami. After her are Walther Hewel, Dwight F. Davis, Gerhard Schmidhuber, Vilém Mathesius, Nikolai Berzarin, and Alfréd Schaffer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Zinaida Gippius ranks 662 out of 3,761. Before her are Nikolai Ogarkov (1917), Alexander Bortnikov (1951), Lev Pontryagin (1908), Sergey Taboritsky (1897), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), and Viktor Medvedchuk (1954). After her are Ruslan Khasbulatov (1942), Maria Sharapova (1987), Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782), Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886), Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov (1890), and Mikhail Miloradovich (1771).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Zinaida Gippius ranks 79. Before her are Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Alexander Grin (1880), Valery Bryusov (1873), Alexandre Benois (1870), and Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836). After her are Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), Marko Vovchok (1833), and Eduard Uspensky (1937).

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