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Zinaida Gippius

1869 - 1945

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Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius or Hippius (Russian: Зинаи́да Никола́евна Ги́ппиус, IPA: [zʲɪnɐˈidə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ˈɡʲipʲɪus] ; 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1869 – 9 September 1945) was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker, one of the major figures in Russian symbolism. The story of her marriage to Dmitry Merezhkovsky, which lasted 52 years, is described in her unfinished book Dmitry Merezhkovsky (Paris, 1951; Moscow, 1991). She began writing at an early age, and by the time she met Dmitry Merezhkovsky in 1888, she was already a published poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zinaida Gippius has received more than 150,683 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Zinaida Gippius is the 1,853rd most popular writer (up from 1,879th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from Russia (up from 687th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Russian Writer.

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  • 56.76

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

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Notable Works

Chernoe po bielomu
1908
Novye liudi
1896
Poems
1984
Selected Works of Zinaida Hippius
Translations into English, Social life and customs, Fiction
1972
Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius
Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation, Russian Authors
2002
Alyǐ mech
1906

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zinaida Gippius ranks 1,853 out of 7,302. Before her are Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Caecilius Statius, Thomas Keneally, Mustafa Balel, Cesare Zavattini, and Per Wahlöö. After her are Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Anne Sexton, William Moulton Marston, Gurju Khatun, Zeki Müren, and Théodore de Banville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Zinaida Gippius ranks 59. Before her are Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Hans Pfitzner, Valdemar Poulsen, Stanisław Wyspiański, Julius Dorpmüller, and Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia. After her are Yevno Azef, Washington Luís, Alfred Flatow, Hans Poelzig, Algernon Blackwood, and Louise d'Orléans. Among people deceased in 1945, Zinaida Gippius ranks 141. Before her are Fritz Freitag, Julius Dorpmüller, Korechika Anami, André Tardieu, Seiichi Itō, and Duy Tân. After her are Dwight F. Davis, Martin Luther, Avgustyn Voloshyn, Dimitrije Ljotić, Leonardo Conti, and Bertram Ramsay.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Zinaida Gippius ranks 664 out of 3,761. Before her are Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861), Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922), Sergey Surovikin (1966), Praskovia Saltykova (1664), Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827), and Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (1933). After her are Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917), Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948), Vasily Kalinnikov (1866), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Inna Churikova (1943), and Vasily Petrov (1917).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Zinaida Gippius ranks 78. Before her are Alexander Grin (1880), Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), Alexandre Benois (1870), Vasily Shukshin (1929), Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904), and Lilya Brik (1891). After her are Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Marko Vovchok (1833), Valery Bryusov (1873), Denis Fonvizin (1745), and Alexander Fadeyev (1901).

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