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Veijo Meri

1928 - 2015

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Veijo Väinö Valvo Meri (31 December 1928 – 21 June 2015) was a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veijo Meri has received more than 31,144 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Veijo Meri is the 4,670th most popular writer (down from 4,129th in 2019), the 1,705th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,402nd in 2019) and the 223rd most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 31k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Veijo Meri ranks 4,670 out of 5,755. Before him are Yambo Ouologuem, Jean Aicard, Jacques Audiberti, Muriel Barbery, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, and Mathurin Régnier. After him are Martin Suter, Steven Millhauser, Bill O'Reilly, Gulnazar Keldi, Marguerite Audoux, and Joseba Sarrionandia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Veijo Meri ranks 371. Before him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Vladimir Toporov, Léon Glovacki, Judith Krantz, Ruth Brown, and Pete Rademacher. After him are Johnny Griffin, Nunzio Gallo, Ján Zachara, Dolph Schayes, Azlan Shah of Perak, and Tadeusz Baird. Among people deceased in 2015, Veijo Meri ranks 287. Before him are Guru Josh, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Cilla Black, Oleg Bryjak, Nigel Terry, and Lia van Leer. After him are Dolph Schayes, Keith Michell, Leo Kadanoff, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Johan Ferner, and Richard Dysart.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Veijo Meri ranks 1,705 out of 3,262. Before him are Aleksandr Gorshkov (1946), Galimzyan Khusainov (1937), Aron Gurevich (1924), Valentin Afonin (1939), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907), and Andrei Tchmil (1963). After him are Yuri Titov (1935), Vitalik Buterin (1994), Vassily Maximov (1844), Aristarkh Lentulov (1882), Yuri Bashmet (1953), and Countess Friederike von Schlieben (1757).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Veijo Meri ranks 223. Before him are Hadiya Davletshina (1905), Nestor Kukolnik (1809), M. Ageyev (1898), Tatyana Tolstaya (1951), Nikolai Klyuev (1884), and Alexander Bek (1903). After him are Alexander Vampilov (1937), Fyodor Abramov (1920), Vladimir Makanin (1937), Alexander Odoevsky (1802), Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (1884), and Vikenty Veresaev (1867).

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