WRITER

Victor Pelevin

1962 - Today

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Victor Olegovich Pelevin (Russian: Виктор Олегович Пелевин, IPA: [ˈvʲiktər ɐˈlʲɛɡəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈlʲevʲɪn]; born 22 November 1962) is a Russian fiction writer. His novels include Omon Ra (1992), The Life of Insects (1993), Chapayev and Void (1996), and Generation P (1999). He is a laureate of multiple literary awards including the Russian Little Booker Prize (1993) and the Russian National Bestseller (2004), the former for the short story collection The Blue Lantern (1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Pelevin has received more than 410,813 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Victor Pelevin is the 3,399th most popular writer (down from 3,389th in 2019), the 1,258th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,226th in 2019) and the 155th most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Chapaev i Pustota
Russian Short stories, Russian fiction
1996
The Helmet of Horror
2006
Omon Ra
Astronauts, Fiction, Soviet Union
1992
Generation "P"
Russian Short stories
1999
Zhiznʹ nasekomykh
Insects, Punk culture, Russia
1996
Helmet of Horror, The
2006

Page views of Victor Pelevins by language

Over the past year Victor Pelevin has had the most page views in the with 734,712 views, followed by English (54,833), and Ukrainian (15,714). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (252.94%), French (214.17%), and Serbian (72.93%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Victor Pelevin ranks 3,399 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferenc Kölcsey, Octave Feuillet, Ella Maillart, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Gérard de Villiers, and Jean-François Regnard. After him are Georgi Sava Rakovski, John Henry Mackay, Pierre Bec, Spencer Johnson, Max Aub, and Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Victor Pelevin ranks 145. Before him are Baz Luhrmann, Dorian Yates, Tigran Sargsyan, Natalya Lisovskaya, Bassel al-Assad, and Oscar Ruggeri. After him are Sergio Batista, Jutta Kleinschmidt, Susanne Klatten, Paavo Järvi, James Michael Tyler, and Carl Cox.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Victor Pelevin ranks 1,258 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Etush (1922), Vasily Gordov (1896), Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia (1897), Alexey Sudayev (1912), Hermann Goetz (1840), and Aleksei Yuryevich German (1938). After him are Dmitry Karbyshev (1880), Sadri Maksudi Arsal (1878), Nina Bari (1901), Nikolay Makarov (1914), Ekaterina Maximova (1939), and Semyon Lavochkin (1900).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Victor Pelevin ranks 155. Before him are Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910), Igor Gouzenko (1919), Edvard Radzinsky (1936), Viktor Astafyev (1924), Philotheus of Pskov (1465), and Boris Polevoy (1908). After him are Alexander Sumarokov (1717), Mikhail Prishvin (1873), Andrey Piontkovsky (1940), Andreï Makine (1957), Andrejs Pumpurs (1841), and Alexey Troitsky (1866).

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