WRITER

Yury Olesha

1899 - 1960

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Yury Karlovich Olesha (Russian: Ю́рий Ка́рлович Оле́ша, 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1899 – 10 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet novelist. He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th century, one of the few to have succeeded in writing works of lasting artistic value despite the stifling censorship of the era. His works are delicate balancing acts that superficially send pro-Communist messages but reveal far greater subtlety and richness upon a deeper reading. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yury Olesha has received more than 69,118 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Yury Olesha is the 3,025th most popular writer (up from 3,210th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 460th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 69k

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  • 52.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Yury Olesha - Complete short stories & Three fat men
1979
No Day without a Line
1998
Envy
2009
Three Fat Men
2001
Embezzlers / Envy
1975
No Day Without a Line (Trans from Russ)
1979

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yury Olesha ranks 3,025 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoninus Liberalis, Marius Maximus, Kjell Askildsen, Hans Erich Nossack, Michael Jackson, and Andrei Amalrik. After him are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Donna Tartt, Jens Baggesen, Nathan Birnbaum, Sumitranandan Pant, and Prince Henri of Orléans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Yury Olesha ranks 142. Before him are Armand Salacrou, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Carlos Chávez, and Norman Taurog. After him are Iskander Mirza, Günther Pancke, Anita Berber, František Tomášek, Sára Salkaházi, and Susannah Mushatt Jones. Among people deceased in 1960, Yury Olesha ranks 98. Before him are H. C. Hansen, Ken McArthur, Johan Gunnar Andersson, Mitrofan Nedelin, Eric Temple Bell, and Friedrich Kirchner. After him are Erich Neumann, Henny Porten, Sigurd Hoel, Knud Enemark Jensen, Catherine Desnitski, and Joseph Vendryes.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yury Olesha ranks 446 out of 1,365. Before him are Marian Jaworski (1926), Ada Rogovtseva (1937), Alfred J. Lotka (1880), Otto Struve (1897), Boris Iofan (1891), and Alexander Spendiaryan (1871). After him are Emil Paur (1855), Isaak Dunayevsky (1900), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Yury Vlasov (1935), Nikolay Nosov (1908), and Giacomo Rizzolatti (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Yury Olesha ranks 57. Before him are Maximilian Voloshin (1877), Israel Zolli (1881), Lev Kopelev (1912), Panteleimon Kulish (1819), Anatoly Rybakov (1911), and Rose Ausländer (1901). After him are Yury Vlasov (1935), Nikolay Nosov (1908), Abraham Goldfaden (1840), Demyan Bedny (1883), Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894), and Leone Ginzburg (1909).

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