WRITER

Alexander Grin

1880 - 1932

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Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky (better known by his pen name, Aleksander Green / Grin (spelling varies in non-Russian literature), Russian: Александр Грин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲin] , 23 August 1880 – 8 July 1932) was a Russian writer, notable for his romantic novels and short stories, mostly set in an unnamed fantasy land with a European or Latin American flavor (Grin's fans often refer to this land as Grinlandia). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Grin has received more than 138,459 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Alexander Grin is the 1,729th most popular writer (down from 1,306th in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from Russia (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

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  • 57.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Terra Phantasticum
2016
Taking Flight Duo
2013
200 Years of Thermoelectricity
2023
The Golden Chain
2012

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alexander Grin ranks 1,729 out of 7,302. Before him are Marion Zimmer Bradley, Archestratus, E. E. Cummings, Hans F. K. Günther, Ken Wilber, and Sabino Arana. After him are Håkan Nesser, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Arthur Machen, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Augusto Roa Bastos, and Robert de Boron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Alexander Grin ranks 62. Before him are Hajime Sugiyama, Mitsumasa Yonai, Abram Ioffe, Margherita Sarfatti, Nikolaj Velimirović, and Osami Nagano. After him are Gideon Sundback, Jacques Thibaud, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Jan Kubelík, Vasily Degtyaryov, and Volodymyr Vynnychenko. Among people deceased in 1932, Alexander Grin ranks 36. Before him are Kang Pan-sok, Émile Friant, Tomáš Baťa, John Charles Fields, Ahmed Shawqi, and Guillaume Bigourdan. After him are Johannes Schober, Hovannes Adamian, Emil Orlík, Begum Rokeya, Ovide Decroly, and Reginald Fessenden.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Grin ranks 619 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Sheremetev (1652), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Iosif Gurko (1828), Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg (1838), Hans Pfitzner (1869), and Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903). After him are Maria Miloslavskaya (1624), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), Alexander Godunov (1949), Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782), and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Alexander Grin ranks 72. Before him are Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Konstantin Simonov (1915), Nina Berberova (1901), Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), Alexander Belyaev (1884), and John of Kronstadt (1829). After him are Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), Alexandre Benois (1870), Vasily Shukshin (1929), Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), Lilya Brik (1891), and Zinaida Gippius (1869).

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