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WRITER

Samuil Marshak

1887 - 1964

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Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Marchak) (Russian: Самуил Яковлевич Маршак; 3 November [O.S. 22 October] 1887 – 4 July 1964) was a Soviet writer of Belarusian Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. He translated the sonnets and some other of the works of William Shakespeare, English poetry (including poems for children), and poetry from other languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuil Marshak has received more than 116,531 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Samuil Marshak is the 2,102nd most popular writer (up from 2,301st in 2019), the 772nd most popular biography from Russia and the 94th most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 120k

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  • 54.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samuil Marshak ranks 2,102 out of 5,755. Before him are David Lodge, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Vasyl Stus, Nihal Atsız, Fritz Leiber, and Nguyễn Du. After him are Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Ludwig Uhland, Sven Nordqvist, Rahul Sankrityayan, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, and Michael Madhusudan Dutt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Samuil Marshak ranks 93. Before him are Antanas Merkys, Simon Kimbangu, Louis Jouvet, Georg Heym, Friedrich Zander, and Josef Lada. After him are Hitoshi Ashida, Chico Marx, Lil Dagover, Jim Thorpe, James Finlayson, and Kurt Atterberg. Among people deceased in 1964, Samuil Marshak ranks 65. Before him are Jean Fautrier, Flaminio Bertoni, Gerald Gardner, Adib Shishakli, Hermann Breith, and Flannery O'Connor. After him are Franz Alexander, Julius Raab, Ben Hecht, Wanda Wasilewska, Rauf Orbay, and Carl Van Vechten.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Samuil Marshak ranks 772 out of 3,262. Before him are Ludmilla Tourischeva (1952), Alexander Gretchaninov (1864), Evgeny Pashukanis (1891), Boris Stürmer (1848), Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), and Sergei Sobolev (1908). After him are Aleksey Arakcheyev (1769), Alexander Zinoviev (1922), Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), Elisaveta Bykova (1913), Leonid Krasin (1870), and Ludmila Belousova (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Samuil Marshak ranks 94. Before him are Countess of Ségur (1799), Olga Rozanova (1886), Musa Cälil (1906), Noor Inayat Khan (1914), Arkady Gaidar (1904), and Arsen Kotsoyev (1872). After him are Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Ivan Yefremov (1908), Sergei Nilus (1862), Vasily Aksyonov (1932), Andrey Kurbsky (1528), and Andrei Voznesensky (1933).

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