WRITER

Isaac Deutscher

1907 - 1967

Photo of Isaac Deutscher

Icon of person Isaac Deutscher

Isaac Deutscher (Polish: Izaak Deutscher; 3 April 1907 – 19 August 1967) was a Polish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin and as a commentator on Soviet affairs. His scholarly biographies of Trotsky and Stalin have received widespread acclaim, with several reviewers ranking his three-volume Prophet trilogy among the greatest of political biographies. However, some criticism has been directed at his overly sympathetic tone for the subject matter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Deutscher has received more than 272,356 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Isaac Deutscher is the 2,587th most popular writer (down from 2,473rd in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from Poland (down from 537th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Prophet Armed
Biography & Autobiography
This first volume of the trilogy traces Trotsky's political development.
19545 / 5
The prophet unarmed: Trotsky, 1921-1929
Biography & Autobiography
The 2d vol. of the author's trilogy, the 1st of which is The prophet armed: Trotsky, 1879-1921, the 3d of which is The prophet outcast: Trotsky, 1929-1940.
19594 / 5
The non-Jewish Jew and other essays
1968
Ironies of history
Government publications
1966
Stalin
1949
The unfinished revolution: Russia, 1917-1967
Communism
1967

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Isaac Deutscher ranks 2,587 out of 7,302. Before him are Elmore Leonard, Edgar Lee Masters, Arthur Young, Constantin von Wurzbach, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, and Karl Gutzkow. After him are Jim Thompson, Penelope Fitzgerald, Menasseh Ben Israel, Idris Bitlisi, Konstantin Batyushkov, and Boris Pilnyak.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Isaac Deutscher ranks 146. Before him are Frederick Copleston, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Fay Wray, L. Sprague de Camp, Sergei Kruglov, and Parvin E'tesami. After him are Max Pauly, Viktoria Brezhneva, Guido Masetti, Anton Schall, Violette Leduc, and Yasushi Inoue. Among people deceased in 1967, Isaac Deutscher ranks 111. Before him are Paul Löbe, Ferenc Münnich, Alice B. Toklas, Geki, Josef Frank, and Ernst Wollweber. After him are Eugen Fischer, Joseph Cardijn, Albert Lutuli, Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, and Morris Swadesh.

Others Born in 1907

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1967

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Isaac Deutscher ranks 576 out of 1,694. Before him are Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Kazimierz Fajans (1887), Ignacy Krasicki (1735), Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819), Peter van Eyck (1911), and Krzysztof Komeda (1931). After him are Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885), Bella Darvi (1928), Hilary Koprowski (1916), Edward Ochab (1906), and Jan Sarkander (1576).

Others born in Poland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Isaac Deutscher ranks 59. Before him are Stefan Żeromski (1864), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909), Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715), and Ignacy Krasicki (1735). After him are Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Adam Michnik (1946), Aleksander Fredro (1793), Alfred Kerr (1867), and Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595).

Polish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous