Ilya Ehrenburg was born on January 14, 1891[1], in Kyiv[2]. He died on August 31, 1967[3], in Moscow[4]. He worked as a journalist[5], writer[6], poet[7], novelist[8], and screenwriter[9]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,082 views/month, #7,032 of 1,000,298).[10]
Key Facts
Date of birth: January 26, 1891[11], January 27, 1891[12]
Award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour[33], Order of Lenin[34], Order of the Red Banner of Labour[35], Order of the Red Star[36], Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"[37], Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[38], Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[39], State Stalin Prize, 1st degree[40], International Stalin Prize for Peace[41], Lenin Peace Prize[42], Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"[43], Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[44], Officer of the Legion of Honour[45]
Member of: Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee[46], USSR Union of Writers[47], World Peace Council[48], Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union[49]
Ilya Ehrenburg has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] He is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Works attributed to him include Black Book[61], a written work[62], founded in 1943[63]; The Thaw[64], a literary work[65]; and The Extraordinary Adventures of Julio Jurenito[66], a literary work[67], founded in 1921[68].
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