WRITER

Yury Tynyanov

1894 - 1943

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Yury Nikolaevich Tynyanov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Тыня́нов, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ tɨˈnʲænəf]; October 18, 1894 – December 20, 1943) was a Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter. He was an authority on Pushkin and an important member of the Russian Formalist school. Born in a Jewish community in the Russian Empire in modern-day Latvia, he moved to Saint Petersburg where he completed his education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yury Tynyanov has received more than 67,444 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Yury Tynyanov is the 3,126th most popular writer (down from 2,641st in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 65th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Notable Works

YOUNG PUSHKIN; TRANS. BY ANNA KURKINA RUSH
Dostoevskii i Gogol'
Criticism and interpretation, Influence
1921
Young Pushkin
Russian Poets, Fiction, Childhood and youth
2008
Lieutenant Kije/Young Vitushishnikov
1992
Lieutenant Kijé ; Young Vitushishnikov
English Short stories, Translations into English, Russian Short stories
1990
Lieutenant Kije Young Vitushishnikov (Eridanos Library, No. 20)
English Short stories, Translations into English, Russian Short stories
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yury Tynyanov ranks 3,126 out of 7,302. Before him are Joan Maragall, Johan Borgen, Fumiko Hayashi, Gisèle Halimi, Demyan Bedny, and Pedro Salinas. After him are Antoine de Rivarol, Salimbene di Adam, Marianne Williamson, Erri De Luca, Charles de Saint-Évremond, and Eduard Vilde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Yury Tynyanov ranks 128. Before him are Elvira Popescu, Augustín Malár, Werner March, Kyuichi Tokuda, Maksim Purkayev, and Vicente Rojo Lluch. After him are Mae Marsh, Mikheil Chiaureli, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Sofoklis Venizelos, Carlos Luz, and Harold Innis. Among people deceased in 1943, Yury Tynyanov ranks 118. Before him are Aleš Hrdlička, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Aliagha Shikhlinski, Ernst Trygger, George Washington Carver, and Winnaretta Singer. After him are Walther von Hünersdorff, René de Saussure, Hristo Lukov, Erich Bey, Alojs Andritzki, and Yemelyan Yaroslavsky.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Yury Tynyanov ranks 82 out of 323. Before him are Ivars Godmanis (1951), Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745), Valdis Dombrovskis (1971), Annie Londonderry (1870), and Arkady Raikin (1911). After him are Jānis Rudzutaks (1887), Gustavs Zemgals (1871), Jānis Balodis (1881), Lina Stern (1878), Alexander Kovalevsky (1840), and Janis Rozentāls (1866).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Yury Tynyanov ranks 11. Before him are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Aspazija (1865), Vilis Lācis (1904), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), and Anšlavs Eglītis (1906). After him are Krišjānis Barons (1835), Vizma Belševica (1931), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Garlieb Merkel (1769), and Erik Hornung (1933).

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