WRITER

Andrei Bely

1880 - 1934

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Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ bʊˈɡajɪf] ; 26 October [O.S. 14 October] 1880 – 8 January 1934), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely (Pre-Reform Russian: Андрей Бѣлый; Russian: Андре́й Бе́лый, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej ˈbʲelɨj] ), was a Russian novelist, Symbolist poet, theorist and literary critic. He was a committed anthroposophist and follower of Rudolf Steiner. His novel Petersburg (1913/1922) was regarded by Vladimir Nabokov as the third-greatest masterpiece of modernist literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrei Bely has received more than 237,646 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Andrei Bely is the 1,102nd most popular writer (down from 1,092nd in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from Russia (up from 392nd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Russian Writer.

Andrei Bely is best known for his novel Petersburg.

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  • 60.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrei Bely ranks 1,102 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Moréas, Alfred Brehm, Cees Nooteboom, Yosano Akiko, John William Polidori, and Leonid Andreyev. After him are Bhāsa, Bernard Cornwell, Robert Merle, Hélène Cixous, Claudius Aelianus, and Tahar Ben Jelloun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Andrei Bely ranks 35. Before him are Vojtech Tuka, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Michel Fokine, Giuseppe Moscati, Mohammed Alim Khan, and Álvaro Obregón. After him are Lionel Logue, Mack Sennett, Akiba Rubinstein, Sarah Knauss, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, and Otto Meissner. Among people deceased in 1934, Andrei Bely ranks 33. Before him are Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Nicholas Marr, Carl von Linde, Jean Vigo, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Siegbert Tarrasch. After him are Franz Ehrle, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Jakob Wassermann, Willem de Sitter, Pietro Gasparri, and Alexander von Kluck.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrei Bely ranks 387 out of 3,761. Before him are Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Nikolay Semyonov (1896), Viktor Tsoi (1962), and Leonid Andreyev (1871). After him are George Ostrogorsky (1902), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890), Valery Leontiev (1949), and Vasily Perov (1834).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Andrei Bely ranks 44. Before him are Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), Henri Troyat (1911), Nikolai Leskov (1831), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), and Leonid Andreyev (1871). After him are Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817), Daniil Kharms (1905), and Alexander Ostrovsky (1823).

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