WRITER

Bolesław Leśmian

1877 - 1937

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Bolesław Leśmian (born Bolesław Lesman; 22 January 1877 – 5 November 1937) was a Polish poet, artist, and member of the Polish Academy of Literature, one of the first poets to introduce Symbolism and Expressionism to Polish verse. Though largely a marginal figure in his lifetime, Leśmian is now considered one of Poland's greatest poets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bolesław Leśmian has received more than 71,797 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Bolesław Leśmian is the 4,569th most popular writer (down from 4,036th in 2019), the 935th most popular biography from Poland (down from 821st in 2019) and the 109th most popular Polish Writer.

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Notable Works

Klechdy Sezamowe
1913
Poezje wybrane
1967
Wiersze wybrane
1955
Przygody Sindbada Żeglarza
1950
Klechdy polskie
1956
Klechdy polskie
1956

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 4,569 out of 7,302. Before him are Elin Wägner, Ayşe Kulin, Iakob Gogebashvili, Neal Stephenson, Jack Canfield, and Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov. After him are Pencho Slaveykov, Olav Aukrust, Robert Greene, Félicien Marceau, Dimitrija Demeter, and Robert Richardson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 132. Before him are Norman Brookes, Walter Sutton, Slava Raškaj, Elsa Laula Renberg, Liao Zhongkai, and Abelardo Olivier. After him are Semyon Frank, Aleksey Remizov, Wang Guowei, Fritz Graebner, Manuel González García, and Maurice Costello. Among people deceased in 1937, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 135. Before him are Yan Gamarnik, Felix Graf von Bothmer, George Albert Boulenger, Walter Burley Griffin, Prosper Poullet, and Mykhaylo Semenko. After him are Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Alexander Chervyakov, Sigizmund Levanevsky, Mykola Zerov, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, and Axel Bakunts.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 935 out of 1,694. Before him are Franz Theodor Kugler (1808), Boris Chertok (1912), David Seymour (1911), Danuta Siedzikówna (1928), Julius Hübner (1806), and Wilhelm Hemprich (1796). After him are Dariusz Wolski (1956), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820), Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934), O. E. Hasse (1903), Hyman G. Rickover (1900), and Daniel Harrwitz (1823).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 109. Before him are Mascha Kaléko (1907), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Arkady Fiedler (1894), Marek Hłasko (1934), Florian Ceynowa (1817), and Agnieszka Osiecka (1936). After him are Karl von Holtei (1798), Łukasz Górnicki (1527), Adam Asnyk (1838), Igor Newerly (1903), Michalina Wisłocka (1921), and Paweł Huelle (1957).

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