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 writer, poet, Marxist revolutionary 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 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Victor Serge is the 1,292nd most popular writer (down from 1,283rd in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 168th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mémoires d'un révolutionnaire
History, Revolutionaries, Biography
1963
From Lenin to Stalin
History
1937
Vie et mort de Trotsky
1951
Affaire Toulaév
Politics and government, Fiction
1950
Les hommes dans la prison
Prisons
1930
Ville conquise
History, Fiction, Modern fiction
1932

Page views of Victor Serges by language

Over the past year Victor Serge has had the most page views in the with 55,563 views, followed by French (22,873), and Russian (15,093). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (50.47%), Esperanto (43.54%), and Serbo-Croatian (38.97%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Victor Serge ranks 1,292 out of 7,302. Before him are Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Judah Leon Abravanel, Cratinus, Thomas Chatterton, Poul Anderson, and Alma Reville. After him are Jakob Wassermann, Alexander Radishchev, Matthew Lewis, P. G. Wodehouse, Javier Marías, and A. E. van Vogt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Victor Serge ranks 54. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Li Zongren, Naum Gabo, Adolf Schärf, Rose Kennedy, and Andriy Melnyk. After him are Prince Joachim of Prussia, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Kurt Tucholsky, Frank Martin, Georgy Pyatakov, and Milunka Savić. Among people deceased in 1947, Victor Serge ranks 52. Before him are Pyotr Krasnov, Franz Seldte, Reynaldo Hahn, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, P. D. Ouspensky, and Franz Böhme. After him are Dorothea Binz, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Gusztáv Jány, Franz Ritter von Epp, Huda Sha'arawi, and Slavko Kvaternik.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Victor Serge ranks 164 out of 1,190. Before him are Blanche of Namur (1320), The Singing Nun (1933), Petrus Plancius (1552), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Abraham Brueghel (1631), and Chantal Akerman (1950). After him are Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Roelant Savery (1576), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), and Clara Peeters (1594).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Victor Serge ranks 10. Before 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), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), John of Ruusbroec (1293), and Jean Bolland (1596).

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