WRITER

Jan Brzechwa

1898 - 1966

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Jan Brzechwa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbʐɛxfa]; 15 August 1898 – 2 July 1966) was a Polish poet, author and lawyer, known mostly for his contribution to children's literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Brzechwa has received more than 103,069 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jan Brzechwa is the 3,616th most popular writer (up from 3,796th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 537th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

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  • 51.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Opowiadania drastyczne
1968
Pali się!
Children's poetry, Polish
1977
Wiersze wybrane
1959
Kaczka Dziwaczka
1953
Liryki
1993
Opowiadania drastyezne
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Brzechwa ranks 3,616 out of 7,302. Before him are Vizma Belševica, Theodore Bibliander, Sturla Þórðarson, Günter Eich, Marcin Kromer, and Ranieri de' Calzabigi. After him are Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, John Mauropous, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Vsevolod Ivanov, Charles Fort, and Orientius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Jan Brzechwa ranks 152. Before him are Franz Bäke, Vladimir Dekanozov, Alfred Sauvy, Louis Adamic, Armand Hammer, and Rudolph Maté. After him are Yitzhak Kaduri, Katarzyna Kobro, Helene Engelmann, Sami al-Hinnawi, Ninette de Valois, and Lily Pons. Among people deceased in 1966, Jan Brzechwa ranks 122. Before him are Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Sylvère Maes, Ernest Burgess, Courtney Hodges, and Jan Kiepura. After him are Elizabeth Christ Trump, Pierre Montet, Erich Pommer, Emil Julius Gumbel, Petar Radaković, and Eva Justin.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Jan Brzechwa ranks 548 out of 1,365. Before him are Yakov Malik (1906), Inessa Kravets (1966), Polina Osipenko (1907), David Bergelson (1884), Jan Koum (1976), and Ivan Martinov (1771). After him are Alexander Bogomazov (1880), Kazimierz Górski (1921), Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (1890), Ilya Ilf (1897), Nikolai Podvoisky (1880), and Viktor Nekrasov (1911).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Jan Brzechwa ranks 76. Before him are Lev Nussimbaum (1905), Vladimir Megre (1950), Olena Pchilka (1849), Mikhail Zhvanetsky (1934), Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778), and David Bergelson (1884). After him are Ilya Ilf (1897), Viktor Nekrasov (1911), Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Yevhen Hrebinka (1812), Maksym Rylsky (1895), and Nataliya Kobrynska (1855).

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