1907 - 1982
Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (Russian: Варла́м Ти́хонович Шала́мов; 18 June 1907 – 17 January 1982), baptized as Varlaam, was a Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor. He spent much of the period from 1937 to 1951 imprisoned in forced-labor camps in the Arctic region of Kolyma, due in part to his support of Leon Trotsky and praise of writer Ivan Bunin. In 1946, near death, he became a medical assistant while still a prisoner. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Varlam Shalamov has received more than 307,565 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Varlam Shalamov is the 858th most popular writer (up from 909th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Russia (down from 299th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Russian Writer.
Varlam Shalamov is most famous for his writings about the Gulag, a system of Soviet labor camps. His work was published in a book called Kolyma Tales, which is a collection of short stories about his time in the Gulag.
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Among writers, Varlam Shalamov ranks 858 out of 5,755. Before him are Walter Lippmann, Clemens Brentano, Anna Seghers, Achim von Arnim, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, and Leconte de Lisle. After him are Maurice Denis, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Kurt Eisner, Éric Zemmour, Jean Webster, and Bacchylides.
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 852
1778 - 1842
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 853
1900 - 1983
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 854
1781 - 1831
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 855
1836 - 1870
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 856
1818 - 1894
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 857
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 858
1870 - 1943
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 859
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 860
1867 - 1919
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 861
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 862
1876 - 1916
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 863
490 BC - 451 BC
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 864
Among people born in 1907, Varlam Shalamov ranks 45. Before him are Compay Segundo, Erich Mielke, Daniel Bovet, Barbara Stanwyck, Pujie, and Lucien Laurent. After him are Lee Miller, Henri-Georges Clouzot, H. L. A. Hart, Roman Shukhevych, Lê Duẩn, and Zarah Leander. Among people deceased in 1982, Varlam Shalamov ranks 45. Before him are Jiro Horikoshi, Walther Wenck, Lee Strasberg, Peter Weiss, E. H. Carr, and William Giauque. After him are Gershom Scholem, Walter Hallstein, Anna German, Hermann Balck, Vinoba Bhave, and Bachir Gemayel.
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 39
1907 - 2000
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 40
1907 - 1992
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 41
1907 - 1990
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 42
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 43
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 44
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 45
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 46
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 47
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 48
1907 - 1950
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 49
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 50
1907 - 1981
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 51
1903 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 39
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 40
1901 - 1982
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 41
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 42
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 43
1895 - 1982
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 44
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 45
1897 - 1982
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 46
1901 - 1982
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 47
1936 - 1982
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 48
1893 - 1982
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 49
1895 - 1982
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 50
1947 - 1982
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 51
Among people born in Russia, Varlam Shalamov ranks 307 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), Vitaly Ginzburg (1916), Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (1605), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), Lydia Litvyak (1921), and Vasily Arkhipov (1926). After him are Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), Pavlik Morozov (1918), and Alfred Schnittke (1934).
1831 - 1891
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 301
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 302
1605 - 1681
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 303
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 304
1921 - 1943
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 305
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 306
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 307
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 308
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 309
1784 - 1803
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 310
1848 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 311
1918 - 1932
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 312
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 313
Among writers born in Russia, Varlam Shalamov ranks 33. Before him are Ivan Goncharov (1812), Alexander Blok (1880), Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Alexander Litvinenko (1962), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), and Viktor Shklovsky (1893). After him are Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933), Arthur Adamov (1908), Henri Troyat (1911), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), and Bulat Okudzhava (1924).
1812 - 1891
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 27
1880 - 1921
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 28
1795 - 1829
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 29
1962 - 2006
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 30
1803 - 1873
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 31
1893 - 1984
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 32
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 33
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 34
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 35
1908 - 1970
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 36
1911 - 2007
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 37
1766 - 1826
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 38
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 39