WRITER

Viktor Astafyev

1924 - 2001

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Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev (Russian: Ви́ктор Петро́вич Аста́фьев; 1 May 1924 – 29 November 2001), was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Astafyev has received more than 72,693 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Viktor Astafyev is the 3,372nd most popular writer (down from 2,701st in 2019), the 1,245th most popular biography from Russia (down from 974th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Viktor Astafyev ranks 3,372 out of 7,302. Before him are Fanny Crosby, Rutebeuf, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Willibald Pirckheimer, Daniel Guérin, and Gunilla Bergström. After him are Robert de Clari, Corrado Alvaro, Itō Noe, Philotheus of Pskov, Mykola Khvylovy, and George the Hagiorite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Viktor Astafyev ranks 216. Before him are Evald Ilyenkov, Juan Carlos González, Basil Bernstein, Anne Vernon, J. J. Johnson, and Vilgot Sjöman. After him are Leslie Phillips, Marga López, Olivier Gendebien, Klaus Huber, Mike Bongiorno, and Edwin Ernest Salpeter. Among people deceased in 2001, Viktor Astafyev ranks 141. Before him are R. K. Narayan, Hilde Holger, Beatrice Straight, Burt Kennedy, J. J. Johnson, and Victor Wong. After him are Javier Urruticoechea, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Ray Walston, Melanie Thornton, Phoolan Devi, and Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Viktor Astafyev ranks 1,245 out of 3,761. Before him are Natalya Lisovskaya (1962), Dmitry Belyayev (1917), Valentin Gaft (1935), Vladimir Aksyonov (1935), Konstantin Novoselov (1974), and Vladimir Petlyakov (1891). After him are Vladimir Filatov (1875), Philotheus of Pskov (1465), George Zweig (1937), August von Werder (1808), Lyudmila Zykina (1929), and Boris Polevoy (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Viktor Astafyev ranks 152. Before him are Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (1854), Mikhail Kuzmin (1872), Mikayel Nalbandian (1829), Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910), Igor Gouzenko (1919), and Edvard Radzinsky (1936). After him are Philotheus of Pskov (1465), Boris Polevoy (1908), Victor Pelevin (1962), Alexander Sumarokov (1717), Mikhail Prishvin (1873), and Andrey Piontkovsky (1940).

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