WRITER

Ilya Ilf

1897 - 1937

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Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf (born Iehiel-Leyb Aryevich Faynzilberg; Russian: Иехи́ел-Лейб Арьевич Фа́йнзильберг; 15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1897 – 13 April 1937) was a Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin who usually worked in collaboration with Yevgeny Petrov during the 1920s and 1930s. Their duo was known simply as Ilf and Petrov. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilya Ilf has received more than 77,364 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ilya Ilf is the 3,654th most popular writer (down from 3,408th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 483rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

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  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ilya Ilf ranks 3,654 out of 7,302. Before him are Felix Timmermans, Driss Chraïbi, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Samih al-Qasim, Otfrid of Weissenburg, and Farrukhi Sistani. After him are Johan Herman Wessel, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Guillaume Musso, Richard Yates, Tevfik Fikret, and Sylvia Nasar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ilya Ilf ranks 185. Before him are Bud Abbott, Zhou Fohai, Harald Sæverud, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Karel Lamač, and Hansa Jivraj Mehta. After him are Gene Tunney, Isabelino Gradín, Friedrich Schulz, Janaki Ammal, Ramón Gil, and Maximilian von Edelsheim. Among people deceased in 1937, Ilya Ilf ranks 108. Before him are Albert Heim, Carlo Rosselli, Kazimierz Nowak, Felix Hamrin, Renate Müller, and Lyubomir Miletich. After him are Ernst Hoppenberg, Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama, Adalbert Deșu, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Andrew Mellon, and Yehuda Pen.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Ilya Ilf ranks 552 out of 1,365. Before him are Jan Koum (1976), Ivan Martinov (1771), Jan Brzechwa (1898), Alexander Bogomazov (1880), Kazimierz Górski (1921), and Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (1890). After him are Nikolai Podvoisky (1880), Viktor Nekrasov (1911), Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Yevhen Hrebinka (1812), Nikolai Grinko (1920), and Alexander Granach (1890).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Ilya Ilf ranks 77. Before him are Vladimir Megre (1950), Olena Pchilka (1849), Mikhail Zhvanetsky (1934), Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778), David Bergelson (1884), and Jan Brzechwa (1898). After him are Viktor Nekrasov (1911), Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Yevhen Hrebinka (1812), Maksym Rylsky (1895), Nataliya Kobrynska (1855), and Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (1705).

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