WRITER

Valentin Kataev

1897 - 1986

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Valentin Petrovich Kataev (Russian: Валенти́н Петро́вич Ката́ев; also spelled Katayev or Kataiev; 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1897 – 12 April 1986) was a Soviet writer and editor who managed to create penetrating works discussing post-revolutionary social conditions without running afoul of the demands of official Soviet style. Kataev is credited with suggesting the idea for The Twelve Chairs to his brother Yevgeny Petrov and Ilya Ilf. In return, Kataev insisted that the novel be dedicated to him, in all editions and translations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentin Kataev has received more than 77,093 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Valentin Kataev is the 2,471st most popular writer (down from 2,230th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 305th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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  • 60.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Valentin Kataev ranks 2,471 out of 7,302. Before him are Annie Proulx, Rolf Hochhuth, Ariwara no Narihira, Dick Francis, Christopher Priest, and Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. After him are Andrey Kurbsky, Lidia Zamenhof, George Ohsawa, Sergey Aksakov, John of Ephesus, and Marlen Haushofer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Valentin Kataev ranks 130. Before him are Ngô Đình Thục, Vaso Čubrilović, Ernst-Günther Baade, Manlio Brosio, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, and Štefan Tiso. After him are Traicho Kostov, Xu Zhimo, Peter Högl, Nima Yooshij, Edith Head, and Georgios Grivas. Among people deceased in 1986, Valentin Kataev ranks 103. Before him are Ding Ling, Liu Bocheng, Michael, Prince of Montenegro, Christa McAuliffe, Albert Scherrer, and Michael J. Smith. After him are Artur London, Raúl Prebisch, Princess Anne of Orléans, Judith Resnik, Scatman Crothers, and Megumu Tamura.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Valentin Kataev ranks 359 out of 1,365. Before him are Géza Kalocsay (1913), Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864), Salo Flohr (1908), Ahatanhel Krymsky (1871), Oleh Protasov (1964), and Tekla Juniewicz (1906). After him are Euphrosyne of Kiev (1130), Igor Volk (1937), Fedor Emelianenko (1976), Abba P. Lerner (1903), Mark Bernes (1911), and Volodymyr Holubnychy (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Valentin Kataev ranks 50. Before him are Tadeusz Borowski (1922), Mikhail Artsybashev (1878), Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1819), Dmytro Dontsov (1883), Mikołaj Rej (1505), and Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864). After him are Maximilian Voloshin (1877), Israel Zolli (1881), Lev Kopelev (1912), Panteleimon Kulish (1819), Anatoly Rybakov (1911), and Rose Ausländer (1901).

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