WRITER

Leonid Andreyev

1871 - 1919

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Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (Russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, 21 August [O.S. 9 August] 1871 – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian literature. He is regarded as one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age literary period. Andreyev's style combines the elements of realist, naturalist, and symbolist schools in literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonid Andreyev has received more than 246,072 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Leonid Andreyev is the 1,101st most popular writer (down from 1,058th in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Russia (down from 377th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Russian Writer.

Leonid Andreyev is most famous for writing the short story "The Red Laugh" in which he explores the idea of how laughter can be a sign of madness and evil.

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leonid Andreyev ranks 1,101 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Connelly, Jean Moréas, Alfred Brehm, Cees Nooteboom, Yosano Akiko, and John William Polidori. After him are Andrei Bely, Bhāsa, Bernard Cornwell, Robert Merle, Hélène Cixous, and Claudius Aelianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Leonid Andreyev ranks 29. Before him are Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Stjepan Radić, Émile Borel, Maurice Garin, William Stern, and Cordell Hull. After him are Ernst Zermelo, Walter Bradford Cannon, Nicolae Iorga, Princess Hélène of Orléans, Lyonel Feininger, and Willem Mengelberg. Among people deceased in 1919, Leonid Andreyev ranks 26. Before him are Ismail Qemali, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, L. Frank Baum, Kurt Eisner, Johannes Rydberg, and Terauchi Masatake. After him are Habibullah Khan, Prince John of the United Kingdom, Guido von List, Madam C. J. Walker, Loránd Eötvös, and Henry Gantt.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Andreyev ranks 386 out of 3,761. Before him are Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Nathalie Sarraute (1900), Nikolay Semyonov (1896), and Viktor Tsoi (1962). After him are Andrei Bely (1880), George Ostrogorsky (1902), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890), and Valery Leontiev (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Leonid Andreyev ranks 43. Before him are Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), Henri Troyat (1911), Nikolai Leskov (1831), and Nathalie Sarraute (1900). After him are Andrei Bely (1880), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817), and Daniil Kharms (1905).

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