WRITER

Jan Lechoń

1899 - 1956

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Leszek Józef Serafinowicz (pen name: Jan Lechoń; 13 March 1899 – 8 June 1956) was a Polish poet, literary and theater critic, diplomat, and co-founder of the Skamander literary movement and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Lechoń has received more than 37,972 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jan Lechoń is the 5,438th most popular writer (down from 5,034th in 2019), the 1,093rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 981st in 2019) and the 133rd most popular Polish Writer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

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  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Lechoń ranks 5,438 out of 7,302. Before him are Madeline Miller, Dan Houser, Tomás António Gonzaga, Isabel Briggs Myers, Joseph Jacobs, and Richard Hoggart. After him are Christopher Paolini, Scott O'Dell, Ádám Bodor, Aquilino Ribeiro, Milan Rúfus, and Lukas Moodysson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jan Lechoń ranks 261. Before him are Elda Emma Anderson, Elisabeth Langgässer, Jack Beresford, Donald Johnston, Wolfgang Krull, and Maria Wittek. After him are Jacques Audiberti, Lyman Lemnitzer, Louis Guilloux, Robin Hill, Américo Tesoriere, and Hendrik Marsman. Among people deceased in 1956, Jan Lechoń ranks 181. Before him are Pierre Allemane, Lajos Asztalos, Robert Newton, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Robert Julius Trumpler, and Robert Yerkes. After him are Otto Scheff, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Khadr El-Touni, Leonard Peterson, María Teresa Ferrari, and Alex Raymond.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Lechoń ranks 1,093 out of 1,694. Before him are Bronisław Kaper (1902), Hans Lewy (1904), Gerard Cieślik (1927), Jan Werner (1946), Adam Kozłowiecki (1911), and Broncia Koller-Pinell (1863). After him are Konrad Krajewski (1963), Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929), Olga Jackowska (1951), Eva Kotchever (1891), Agata Buzek (1976), and Rafał Trzaskowski (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jan Lechoń ranks 133. Before him are Heinrich Laube (1806), Władysław Broniewski (1897), Anna Świrszczyńska (1909), Halina Poświatowska (1935), Wacław Potocki (1621), and Jan Twardowski (1915). After him are Eva Kotchever (1891), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Antoni Lange (1862), Lina Morgenstern (1830), Christoph Hein (1944), and Anna Louisa Karsch (1722).

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