WRITER

Vladimir Voinovich

1932 - 2018

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Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Войно́вич, 26 September 1932 – 27 July 2018), was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident, and the "first genuine comic writer" produced by the Soviet system. Among his most well-known works are the satirical epic The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin and the dystopian Moscow 2042. He was forced into exile and stripped of his citizenship by Soviet authorities in 1980 but later rehabilitated and moved back to Moscow in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimir Voinovich has received more than 156,345 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Vladimir Voinovich is the 2,732nd most popular writer (up from 2,781st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Tajikistan (down from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Tadzhik Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Pretendent na prestol
Fiction
This hilarious novel follows the continuing adventures of the simple peasant Ivan Chonkin, who has been arrested as a traitor to the motherland after spending World War II happily tending a garden. Lacking evidence against him, the bumbling bureaucrats base their case on a rumor in his home village that he is the illegitimate son of a prince. The comic case of mistaken identity escalates as they accuse this unlikely prince of working in league with Hitler to restore the monarchy. In this sequel to The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Voinovich ridicules everything that was sacred in the Soviet Union - including the army, the justice system, the press, and Stalin - in a refreshing combination of dissident conscience and universal humor.
19795 / 5
Monumentalnaia propaganda
2006
Dva tovarischa
2007
Shapka
2002
The anti-Soviet Soviet Union
Language Arts & Disciplines
Presenting a nonfictional portrait of Soviet life, this collection of vignettes depicts the absurdities of the system in everyday life as well as in matters of politics and culture
1985
The Ivankiad
Authors, Russian
19774 / 5

Page views of Vladimir Voinoviches by language

Over the past year Vladimir Voinovich has had the most page views in the with 93,282 views, followed by English (15,745), and Ukrainian (5,347). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (126.71%), Hungarian (66.48%), and Ukrainian (61.59%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vladimir Voinovich ranks 2,732 out of 7,302. Before him are Cornelia Funke, Marie Marvingt, Francis Ponge, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Ludwig Rellstab, and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. After him are Sebastian Franck, Itzhak Katzenelson, Takuboku Ishikawa, Mina Witkojc, Stephenie Meyer, and Albert Robida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Vladimir Voinovich ranks 188. Before him are Vitold Fokin, Francis Arinze, Tommy Taylor, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Max Gallo, and Qahhor Mahkamov. After him are Mostafa Chamran, Christiane Kubrick, Mamo Wolde, Blagoje Adžić, U. R. Ananthamurthy, and King Hu. Among people deceased in 2018, Vladimir Voinovich ranks 157. Before him are Neil Simon, Lindsay Kemp, William Goldman, Anna Maria Ferrero, Harlan Ellison, and Dobri Dobrev. After him are Walter Laqueur, Sinan Sakić, David Ogden Stiers, Ara Güler, Vitaliy Masol, and Robert Indiana.

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In Tajikistan

Among people born in Tajikistan, Vladimir Voinovich ranks 12 out of 35. Before him are Abu-Mahmud Khojandi (940), Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin (800), Oqil Oqilov (1944), Kokhir Rasulzoda (1959), Viktor Bout (1967), and Qahhor Mahkamov (1932). After him are Nellie Kim (1957), Gulnazar Keldi (1945), Yuri Maslyukov (1937), Henri Weber (1944), Oleh Skrypka (1964), and Iskandar Khatloni (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Tajikistan

Among writers born in Tajikistan, Vladimir Voinovich ranks 2. Before him are Rudaki (860). After him are Gulnazar Keldi (1945), and Iskandar Khatloni (1954).

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