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Pavel Antokolsky

1896 - 1978

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Pavel Grigoryevich Antokolsky (Russian: Па́вел Григо́рьевич Антоко́льский, IPA: [ˈpavʲɪl ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɐntɐˈkolʲskʲɪj] ; 1 July 1896, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 9 October 1978, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet and Russian poet, translator and theatre director. His father was a nephew of sculptor Mark Antokolsky. In the 1930s, Antokolsky worked as a director at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. During World War II, he ran a front theatre and was awarded a Stalin Prize for a long poem about the Germans killing his son. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Antokolsky is the 6,369th most popular writer (down from 6,098th in 2024), the 2,483rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,369th in 2019) and the 276th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among writers, Pavel Antokolsky ranks 6,369 out of 7,302. Before him are Gregory Maguire, Jakob Jakobsen, Mikael Niemi, Isaac D'Israeli, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and Angus Wilson. After him are Zadie Smith, Martha Wells, Alan Garner, Jáchym Topol, Tristan Taormino, and Ion Negoițescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Pavel Antokolsky ranks 268. Before him are Herb Drury, Uberto De Morpurgo, William Cameron Townsend, Elliott Nugent, Yip Harburg, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. After him are R. C. Sherriff, Louis Fischer, Ian Wolfe, Ivan Dresser, Ruth Etting, and Erle C. Kenton. Among people deceased in 1978, Pavel Antokolsky ranks 257. Before him are Tibor Serly, Giuseppe Berto, James Daly, Ewald Balser, Larry Young, and Dan Dailey. After him are Wendy Barrie, Ray Noble, Hugh MacDiarmid, Theresa Weld, Kamil Tolon, and Jean Claessens.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Pavel Antokolsky ranks 2,483 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Kagarlitsky (1958), Valentin Kuzin (1926), Yuri Shargin (1960), El Kazovsky (1948), Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina (1925), and Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya (1964). After him are Herman Gref (1964), Leonid Slutsky (1971), Yura Borisov (1992), Tatyana Dogileva (1957), Elizaveta Glinka (1962), and Māra Zālīte (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Pavel Antokolsky ranks 276. Before him are Yury Kazakov (1927), Dmitri Prigov (1940), Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862), Ğäliäsğar Kamal (1879), Lev Rubinstein (1947), and Irena Krzywicka (1899). After him are Māra Zālīte (1952), Alex Yermolinsky (1958), Alexey Dreev (1969), Zakhar Prilepin (1975), Ksenia Sobchak (1981), and Leyla Aliyeva (1984).

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