WRITER

Jan Kott

1914 - 2001

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Jan Kott (October 27, 1914 – December 22, 2001) was a Polish political activist, critic and theoretician of the theatre. A leading proponent of Stalinism in Poland for nearly a decade after the Soviet takeover, Kott renounced his Communist Party membership in 1957 following the anti-Stalinist Polish October of 1956. He defected to the United States in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Kott has received more than 68,855 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jan Kott is the 4,053rd most popular writer (down from 3,918th in 2019), the 847th most popular biography from Poland (down from 800th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Polish Writer.

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  • 50.13

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

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  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The eating of the gods
Gods, Greek, in literature, Greek Religious drama, Greek drama (Tragedy)
1973
Shakespeare our contemporary
Criticism and interpretation
1964
Theatre notebook 1947-1967
Addresses, essays, lectures, Drama, Theater
1968
Aloes
History and criticism, Modern Literature, Theater
1966
Chestnut roulette
Jewish Personal narratives, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jewish Participation
2008

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Kott ranks 4,053 out of 7,302. Before him are Karel Teige, Anna Langfus, Bret Harte, Chairil Anwar, Marcel Jouhandeau, and James Redfield. After him are E. B. White, Gary Chapman, Fay Weldon, George Coșbuc, André Schwarz-Bart, and Wipo of Burgundy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jan Kott ranks 229. Before him are Grigol Abashidze, Reuben Fine, Wilhelm Hahnemann, Charles Régnier, Dagmar Lange, and Wolfgang Windgassen. After him are Carlo Biagi, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Jo Cals, Marcel Kint, Jijé, and Victor Sen Yung. Among people deceased in 2001, Jan Kott ranks 185. Before him are Pauline Kael, Mongo Beti, Troy Donahue, Ri Kun-mo, Charles Régnier, and Ardito Desio. After him are Jutta Rüdiger, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Franco Rasetti, Betty Holberton, and Édouard Artigas.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Kott ranks 847 out of 1,694. Before him are Israel Gutman (1923), Józef Oleksy (1946), Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn (1812), Horst Bienek (1930), Arno Holz (1863), and Anna Langfus (1920). After him are Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski (1885), Wilhelm Hasse (1894), Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1750), August Emil Fieldorf (1895), Heinrich von Stephan (1831), and Kornel Morawiecki (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jan Kott ranks 100. Before him are Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919), Simonas Daukantas (1793), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), Horst Bienek (1930), Arno Holz (1863), and Anna Langfus (1920). After him are Jurek Becker (1937), Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874), Mascha Kaléko (1907), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Arkady Fiedler (1894), and Marek Hłasko (1934).

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