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Ignacy Krasicki

1735 - 1801

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Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki (3 February 1735 – 14 March 1801), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, Ermland) and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet ("the Prince of Poets"), a critic of the clergy, Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist, and translator from French and Greek. His most notable literary works were his Fables and Parables (1779), Satires (1779), and poetic letters and religious lyrics, in which the artistry of his poetic language reached its summit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignacy Krasicki has received more than 172,277 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ignacy Krasicki is the 2,578th most popular writer (down from 2,474th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 538th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Polish Writer.

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Notable Works

Korespondencja, 1743-1801
1958
Bajki
1974
Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki
1950
Satyry i listy
Accessible book
1908
Satyry
1779
Kalendarz obywatelski
Calendars, History, Chronology
1987

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 2,578 out of 7,302. Before him are Anne Holt, Théophile de Viau, John Millington Synge, Dionysius Periegetes, Friedrich Spee, and Cleitarchus. After him are Parvin E'tesami, Johann Froben, Elmore Leonard, Edgar Lee Masters, Arthur Young, and Constantin von Wurzbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 17. Before him are Ahmad al-Tijani, Ibrahim Bey, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Johann Karl August Musäus, and Princess Maria Christina of Saxony. After him are Dmitry Levitzky, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, József Alvinczi, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Joseph Ducreux, and Ivan Kulibin. Among people deceased in 1801, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 21. Before him are Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Sharaku, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Motoori Norinaga, and Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin. After him are Franz Moritz von Lacy, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Daniel Chodowiecki, Antoine de Rivarol, Ralph Abercromby, and Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 572 out of 1,694. Before him are Bronisław Geremek (1932), Władysław Podkowiński (1866), Wincenty Witos (1874), Joachim Lelewel (1786), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), and Kazimierz Fajans (1887). After him are Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819), Peter van Eyck (1911), Krzysztof Komeda (1931), Isaac Deutscher (1907), Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), and Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 58. Before him are George Adamski (1891), Stefan Żeromski (1864), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909), and Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715). After him are Isaac Deutscher (1907), Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Adam Michnik (1946), Aleksander Fredro (1793), and Alfred Kerr (1867).

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