WRITER

Vladimir Sorokin

1955 - Today

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Vladimir Georgiyevich Sorokin (Russian: Влади́мир Гео́ргиевич Соро́кин; born 7 August 1955) is a contemporary postmodern Russian writer of novels, short stories, and plays. He has been described as one of the most popular writers in modern Russian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Sorokin has received more than 333,609 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Vladimir Sorokin is the 2,616th most popular writer (up from 3,018th in 2019), the 964th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,073rd in 2019) and the 116th most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vladimir Sorokin ranks 2,616 out of 7,302. Before him are Gertrud von Le Fort, Georg Herwegh, Ivan Mažuranić, Mihail Sadoveanu, Varro Atacinus, and Terry Goodkind. After him are Nordahl Grieg, Dritëro Agolli, Günter Wallraff, John Wyndham, Bragi Boddason, and Samad Vurgun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Vladimir Sorokin ranks 142. Before him are Jean-Hugues Anglade, James Gosling, Wang Huning, Laurie Metcalf, Friedrich Merz, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After him are Judy Davis, Alberto Tarantini, Khalid al-Islambouli, Kelsey Grammer, Sándor Puhl, and Olivier Assayas.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vladimir Sorokin ranks 964 out of 3,761. Before him are Semyon Bychkov (1952), Mikhail Pletnev (1957), Georgy Vitsin (1917), Eero Järnefelt (1863), Nadezhda Durova (1783), and Pavel Pestel (1793). After him are Abdurreshid Ibrahim (1857), Valery Nepomnyashchy (1943), Mikhail Romm (1901), Viktor Afanasyev (1948), Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow (1910), and Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Vladimir Sorokin ranks 116. Before him are Eeva Kilpi (1928), Şihabetdin Märcani (1818), Ivan Yefremov (1908), Konstantin Batyushkov (1787), Boris Pilnyak (1894), and Friedrich von Lütke (1797). After him are Olga Rozanova (1886), Valentin Rasputin (1937), Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1850), Yury Yakovlev (1928), Vladimir Stasov (1824), and Franz Overbeck (1837).

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