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WRITER

Sergei Yesenin

1895 - 1925

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Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (Russian: Сергей Александрович Есенин, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈsʲenʲɪn]; 3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1895 – 28 December 1925), sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Yesenin has received more than 786,543 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Sergei Yesenin is the 394th most popular writer (up from 415th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Russia (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Writer.

Sergei Yesenin is most famous for his poetry.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sergei Yesenin ranks 394 out of 5,755. Before him are Ammianus Marcellinus, Edmondo De Amicis, Hector Malot, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Apollonius of Rhodes, and J. M. G. Le Clézio. After him are Cornelius Nepos, Pietro Aretino, Sylvia Plath, Paula Hitler, Edward Said, and Arion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Sergei Yesenin ranks 24. Before him are Paul Hindemith, Paul Éluard, Dolores Ibárruri, Zog I of Albania, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, and Henrik Dam. After him are Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Babe Ruth, Gerhard Domagk, Anastas Mikoyan, Rudolph Valentino, and Folke Bernadotte. Among people deceased in 1925, Sergei Yesenin ranks 9. Before him are Erik Satie, Friedrich Ebert, Gottlob Frege, Alexandra of Denmark, Henri Fayol, and William Jennings Bryan. After him are Georgy Lvov, Felix Klein, Josef Breuer, Mikhail Frunze, Alexander Friedmann, and Camille Flammarion.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergei Yesenin ranks 139 out of 3,262. Before him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Georgi Plekhanov (1856), Mily Balakirev (1837), Felix Yusupov (1887), Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), and Martti Ahtisaari (1937). After him are Dmitry Donskoy (1350), Walther Funk (1890), Ilya Prigogine (1917), Alexei Kosygin (1904), Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (1779), and Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Sergei Yesenin ranks 17. Before him are E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), Ivan Turgenev (1818), Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861), Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), and Mikhail Lermontov (1814). After him are Joseph Brodsky (1940), Vladimir Vysotsky (1938), Marina Tsvetaeva (1892), Ivan Bunin (1870), Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884), and Alexander Herzen (1812).

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