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Denis Fonvizin

1745 - 1792

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Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (Russian: Денис Иванович Фонвизин, IPA: [dʲɪˈnʲis ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ fɐnˈvʲizʲɪn]; 14 April [O.S. 3 April] 1745 – 12 December [O.S. 1 December] 1792) was a Russian playwright and writer of the Russian Enlightenment. He was one of the founders of literary comedy in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denis Fonvizin has received more than 105,813 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Denis Fonvizin is the 1,951st most popular writer (down from 1,901st in 2019), the 705th most popular biography from Russia (down from 695th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sochineniia
1893
Komedii
1950
Brigadir
1963
Nedoroslʹ
1886
Izbrannye sochinenii͡a︡ i pisʹma
1946
Sochinenīi͡a︡ Fon-Vizina
1847

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Denis Fonvizin ranks 1,951 out of 7,302. Before him are Constantine of Preslav, Bernard Palissy, Jón Arason, Eugenio Barba, Jane Jacobs, and Margarete Buber-Neumann. After him are Thomas Merton, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Eugene Nida, Albert Memmi, Anthony Trollope, and Ion Druță.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Denis Fonvizin ranks 23. Before him are Valentin Haüy, Casimir Pulaski, Gregory V of Constantinople, George Atwood, Jens Juel, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Maxim Berezovsky, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Isaac Titsingh, Bodawpaya, Caspar Wessel, and Olaudah Equiano. Among people deceased in 1792, Denis Fonvizin ranks 19. Before him are Tiradentes, Robert Adam, Joseph Martin Kraus, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, and Legall de Kermeur. After him are Antoine Louis, George Mason, Johann Andreas Stein, Maximilian Hell, Antonio Rosetti, and Guillaume Le Gentil.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Denis Fonvizin ranks 705 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksandr Akimov (1953), Mikhail of Vladimir (1145), Pyotr Lavrov (1823), Fyodor Okhlopkov (1908), Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (1860), and Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886). After him are Yegor Ligachyov (1920), Vladimir of Novgorod (1020), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), Lev Rudnev (1885), and Yelena Isinbayeva (1982).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Denis Fonvizin ranks 83. Before him are Lilya Brik (1891), Zinaida Gippius (1869), Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Marko Vovchok (1833), and Valery Bryusov (1873). After him are Alexander Fadeyev (1901), Countess of Ségur (1799), Tanya Savicheva (1930), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Fyodor Sologub (1863), and Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836).

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