WRITER

Lev Kassil

1905 - 1970

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Lev Abramovich Kassil (Russian: Лев Абрамович Кассиль; 10 July 1905 – 21 June 1970) was an influential Soviet and Russian writer of juvenile and young adult literature and screenwriter, depicting Soviet life, teenagers, school, sports, culture, and war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lev Kassil has received more than 29,372 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lev Kassil is the 5,473rd most popular writer (down from 4,907th in 2019), the 2,075th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,798th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lev Kassil ranks 5,473 out of 7,302. Before him are Emilia Lanier, Gonzalo Rojas, Martin Cruz Smith, Guy Gavriel Kay, Eva Kotchever, and J. Bernlef. After him are Dimitar Dimov, Guido Gozzano, Jan van Beers, Nh. Dini, Luis Rosales, and Henryk Rzewuski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Lev Kassil ranks 307. Before him are Ashley Montagu, Ernst Stueckelberg, Kay Francis, Fernand Rigaux, Louis Armand, and Mario de las Casas. After him are Maria Vierdag, Hans Scherfig, Clarice Benini, Jorge Pardon, Alex Wilson, and Arnold Luhaäär. Among people deceased in 1970, Lev Kassil ranks 217. Before him are Alexandros Chalkokondylis, Fritz von Unruh, Alexandros Othonaios, Daniel Kinsey, Leopoldo Conti, and Helene Madison. After him are Anita Louise, Sean Flynn, Otis Spann, John Beazley, Matthias Heidemann, and Jacob Viner.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lev Kassil ranks 2,075 out of 3,761. Before him are Andrei Panin (1962), Aksel Berg (1893), Ivan Petrovsky (1901), Anton Yelchin (1989), Sergei Grinkov (1967), and Umyar Mavlikhanov (1937). After him are Tamara Bykova (1958), Gregory Ratoff (1897), Gennadi Volnov (1939), Stanislav Smirnov (1970), Aleksei Serebryakov (1964), and Peter Lesgaft (1837).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Lev Kassil ranks 253. Before him are Ksenia Sobchak (1981), Abdulla Aliş (1908), Yuri Nagibin (1920), Pentti Saarikoski (1937), Nikolai Aseev (1889), and Algis Budrys (1931). After him are Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950), Ğäliäsğar Kamal (1879), Vladimir Bogomolov (1924), Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862), and Olavi Paavolainen (1903).

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