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WRITER

Victor Serge

1890 - 1947

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Victor Serge (French: [viktɔʁ sɛʁʒ]; December 30, 1890 – November 17, 1947), born Victor Lvovich Kibalchich (Russian: Ви́ктор Льво́вич Киба́льчич), was a Russian revolutionary Marxist, novelist, poet and historian. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Bolsheviks five months after arriving in Petrograd in January 1919 and later worked for the Comintern as a journalist, editor and translator. He was critical of the Stalinist regime and remained a revolutionary Marxist until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Serge has received more than 335,293 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Victor Serge is the 1,286th most popular writer (up from 1,324th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 169th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 58.91

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.54

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  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Victor Serge ranks 1,286 out of 5,755Before him are Matthias Flacius, Émile Gaboriau, Jan Długosz, Ibn Sirin, Lycophron, and Hassan ibn Thabit. After him are Roland Topor, Shūsaku Endō, Juan Rulfo, Mavro Orbini, Antoine-Henri Jomini, and Robin Hobb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Victor Serge ranks 54Before him are Georgy Pyatakov, Grigory Kulik, Walter Krüger, Li Zongren, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Frank Martin. After him are Kurt Tucholsky, Moša Pijade, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Erich Kleiber, Norman Bethune, and Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern. Among people deceased in 1947, Victor Serge ranks 54Before him are Albert Marquet, Reynaldo Hahn, Dorothea Binz, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Franz Ritter von Epp, and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. After him are Slavko Kvaternik, Hermine Reuss of Greiz, William C. Durant, Franz Seldte, Gusztáv Jány, and Franz Xaver Schwarz.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Victor Serge ranks 168 out of 1,019Before him are Pierre De Geyter (1848), Silvio Gesell (1862), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Bernard van Orley (1487), Laura Marx (1845), and Heinrich Isaac (1450). After him are Cipriano de Rore (1515), Michel Preud'homme (1959), Paul Van Himst (1943), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), and Georges Rodenbach (1855).

Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Victor Serge ranks 10Before him are Julio Cortázar (1914), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Marguerite Porete (1250), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Henri Michaux (1899), and Laura Marx (1845). After him are Georges Rodenbach (1855), Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Jean Bolland (1596), John of Ruusbroec (1293), and Michel de Ghelderode (1898).