WRITER

Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

1919 - 2000

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Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈgustaf 'herlink gru 'dʑiɲskʲi]; May 20, 1919 − July 4, 2000) was a Polish writer, journalist, essayist, World War II underground fighter, and political dissident abroad during the communist system in Poland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński has received more than 71,330 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gustaw Herling-Grudziński is the 3,965th most popular writer (down from 3,856th in 2019), the 829th most popular biography from Poland (down from 784th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Inny świat
Atrocities, Biography, Concentration camp inmates
1951
Dziennik pisany nocą
Biography, Diaries, Polish Authors
1973
The island
Fiction, Social life and customs, Translations into English
1967
Volcano and Miracle
Translations into English, Polish Authors, Biography
1996
Wyjścia z milczenia
History and criticism, Polish literature
1993
Skrzydła ołtarza
1960

Page views of Gustaw Herling-Grudzińskis by language

Over the past year Gustaw Herling-Grudziński has had the most page views in the with 62,664 views, followed by English (9,563), and Italian (5,038). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (58.04%), Serbian (53.35%), and French (36.49%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 3,965 out of 7,302. Before her are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Irawati Karve, Simo Matavulj, Joan Alcover, Virginie Despentes, and Adam Naruszewicz. After her are Daniel Boulanger, Lope de Rueda, James Allen, Joan Aiken, Lino Aldani, and Philipp Nicolai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 201. Before her are Nehemiah Persoff, Irmgard Seefried, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Eileen Heckart, Polina Gelman, and Pauline Kael. After her are R. M. Hare, Margot Hielscher, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Olle Anderberg, Maria Lassnig, and Roman Vlad. Among people deceased in 2000, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 177. Before her are Paula Wessely, Carlos Guastavino, Ansumane Mané, Rinaldo Martino, Johannes Virolainen, and Herbert Friedman. After her are Robert Dienst, Đorđe Martinović incident, William Porter, Rodolfo Pini, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, and Pote Sarasin.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 829 out of 1,694. Before her are Fritz Laband (1925), Helena Pilejczyk (1931), Alina Szapocznikow (1926), Zofia Nałkowska (1884), Małgorzata Braunek (1947), and Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł (1778). After her are Simonas Daukantas (1793), Frederick Jagiellon (1468), Jan Śniadecki (1756), Max Fleischer (1883), Eva-Maria Hagen (1934), and Zygmunt Maszczyk (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 94. Before her are Kurd Lasswitz (1848), Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), and Zofia Nałkowska (1884). After her are Simonas Daukantas (1793), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), Horst Bienek (1930), Arno Holz (1863), Anna Langfus (1920), and Jan Kott (1914).

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