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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 playwright and writer of the Russian Enlightenment, 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 96,607 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Denis Fonvizin is the 1,907th most popular writer (down from 1,704th in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from Russia (down from 574th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 97k

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  • 55.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Denis Fonvizin ranks 1,907 out of 5,755. Before him are Fan Zhongyan, Shirley Jackson, Al-Hariri of Basra, Jonas Lie, Maria Konopnicka, and Sister Nivedita. After him are Ahmad ibn Arabshah, A. B. Yehoshua, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Edmond Jabès, and Vita Sackville-West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Denis Fonvizin ranks 21. Before him are Mihrişah Sultan, Casimir Pulaski, George Atwood, Olaudah Equiano, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, and Gregory V of Constantinople. After him are Jens Juel, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Gim Hongdo, and Maxim Berezovsky. Among people deceased in 1792, Denis Fonvizin ranks 18. Before him are Robert Adam, Johann van Beethoven, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Legall de Kermeur, and Jacques Cazotte. After him are Antonio Rosetti, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Antoine Louis, Maximilian Hell, Guillaume Le Gentil, and John Paul Jones.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Denis Fonvizin ranks 697 out of 3,262. Before him are Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931), Lev Ivanov (1834), Dietrich von Saucken (1892), Valeri Kharlamov (1948), Tatiana Samoilova (1934), and Meir Dagan (1945). After him are Rudolf Lipschitz (1832), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Pavel Tsitsianov (1754), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Oleg Popov (1930), and Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Denis Fonvizin ranks 86. Before him are Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), Lilya Brik (1891), Alexandre Benois (1870), Valery Bryusov (1873), Laila Halme (1934), and Zinaida Gippius (1869). After him are Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Countess of Ségur (1799), Olga Rozanova (1886), Musa Cälil (1906), Noor Inayat Khan (1914), and Arkady Gaidar (1904).

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