1899 - 1960
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 64,261 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Yury Olesha is the 3,222nd most popular writer (down from 3,173rd in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 427th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Ukrainian Writer.
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Among writers, Yury Olesha ranks 3,222 out of 5,755. Before him are Ryōtarō Shiba, Charles de Saint-Évremond, Alexis Piron, Martin Gray, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, and Aleksandr Tvardovsky. After him are Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Georgi Sava Rakovski, Elio Vittorini, Naomi Klein, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, and Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz.
1923 - 1996
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 3,216
1613 - 1703
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 3,217
1689 - 1773
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 3,218
1922 - 2016
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 3,219
1791 - 1865
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 3,220
1910 - 1971
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 3,221
1899 - 1960
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,222
154 BC - 74 BC
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,223
1821 - 1867
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,224
1908 - 1966
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,225
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,226
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,227
1758 - 1841
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,228
Among people born in 1899, Yury Olesha ranks 145. Before him are Li Lisan, Helge Ingstad, Pierre Victor Auger, C. S. Forester, Nevil Shute, and Ramon Novarro. After him are Aleksander Zawadzki, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Armand Salacrou, Jón Leifs, Silvestre Revueltas, and Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg. Among people deceased in 1960, Yury Olesha ranks 104. Before him are Eric Temple Bell, Knud Enemark Jensen, Ioannis Georgiadis, Sigurd Hoel, Nevil Shute, and Margaret Sullavan. After him are Otto Ender, Semyon Lavochkin, Marcello Piacentini, Sibilla Aleramo, Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and Adone Zoli.
1899 - 1967
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 139
1899 - 2001
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 140
1899 - 1993
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 141
1899 - 1966
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 142
1899 - 1960
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 143
1899 - 1968
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 144
1899 - 1960
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 145
1899 - 1964
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 146
1899 - 2016
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 147
1899 - 1989
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 148
1899 - 1968
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 149
1899 - 1940
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 150
1899 - 1956
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 151
1883 - 1960
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 98
1936 - 1960
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 99
1876 - 1960
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 100
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 101
1899 - 1960
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 102
1909 - 1960
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 103
1899 - 1960
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 104
1875 - 1960
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 105
1900 - 1960
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 106
1881 - 1960
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 107
1876 - 1960
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 108
1901 - 1960
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 109
1887 - 1960
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 110
Among people born in Ukraine, Yury Olesha ranks 463 out of 1,083. Before him are Ilya Kabakov (1933), Vladimir Kuts (1927), Leonid Bykov (1928), Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1914), Viktor Vekselberg (1957), and Boris Yefimov (1900). After him are Viorica Viscopoleanu (1939), Valentina Grizodubova (1909), Faina Melnik (1945), Demyan Bedny (1883), Yozhef Sabo (1940), and Kazimierz Górski (1921).
1933 - 2023
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 457
1927 - 1975
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 458
1928 - 1979
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 459
1914 - 2000
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 460
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 461
1900 - 2008
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 462
1899 - 1960
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 463
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 464
1909 - 1993
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 465
1945 - 2016
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 466
1883 - 1945
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 467
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 468
1921 - 2006
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 469
Among writers born in Ukraine, Yury Olesha ranks 62. Before him are Leone Ginzburg (1909), Yevhen Hrebinka (1812), Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894), Maximilian Voloshin (1877), Rose Ausländer (1901), and Yury Vlasov (1935). After him are Demyan Bedny (1883), Ida Fink (1921), Oles Honchar (1918), Ilya Ilf (1897), Mikhail Koltsov (1898), and David Bergelson (1884).
1909 - 1944
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 56
1812 - 1848
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 57
1894 - 1980
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 58
1877 - 1932
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 59
1901 - 1988
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 60
1935 - 2021
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 61
1899 - 1960
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 62
1883 - 1945
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 63
1921 - 2011
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 64
1918 - 1995
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 65
1897 - 1937
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 66
1898 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 67
1884 - 1952
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 68