WRITER

Jan Parandowski

1895 - 1978

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Jan Parandowski (11 May 1895 – 26 September 1978) was a Polish writer, essayist, and translator. Best known for his works relating to classical antiquity, he was also the president of the Polish PEN Club between 1933 and 1978, with a break during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Parandowski has received more than 25,037 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jan Parandowski is the 5,507th most popular writer (down from 5,079th in 2019), the 846th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 700th in 2019) and the 124th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Niebo w płomieniach
1955
Mitologia
Classical Mythology, Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology
1950
The Olympic discus,
1939
The Olympic discus
Fiction, Olympics
1939
Powrót do życia
1961
Alchemia slowa
Authorship, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Literature
1951

Page views of Jan Parandowskis by language

Over the past year Jan Parandowski has had the most page views in the with 39,360 views, followed by English (3,326), and Russian (1,781). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (48.24%), Latin (45.54%), and Romanian (43.13%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Parandowski ranks 5,507 out of 7,302. Before him are Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, Thomas Nashe, Claudio Williman, and Jacques de Lacretelle. After him are John Keel, Gevorg Emin, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Niccolò Ammaniti, Eva Ibbotson, and Brigitte Reimann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jan Parandowski ranks 255. Before him are Karel Koželuh, Adrienne Bolland, Cliff Edwards, Blossom Rock, Zoltan Korda, and Sándor Gombos. After him are Sidney Blackmer, Eugene Bullard, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, John Ainsworth-Davis, Phyllis Covell, and Dudley Nichols. Among people deceased in 1978, Jan Parandowski ranks 209. Before him are Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, Ljubiša Stevanović, Jorge de Sena, Peggy Wood, and Blossom Rock. After him are Franz Dienert, Jean Claessens, Birger Sörvik, Oliver Leese, Francisco Mendes, and Chill Wills.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Jan Parandowski ranks 846 out of 1,365. Before him are Viktor Chanov (1959), Krystyna Feldman (1916), Andriy Bal (1958), Eduard Gufeld (1936), Iryna Vilde (1907), and Boris Lavrenyov (1891). After him are Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890), Viktor Putyatin (1941), Iryna Bilyk (1970), Yuriy Istomin (1944), Dimitar Grekov (1847), and Vladimír Syrovátka (1908).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Jan Parandowski ranks 124. Before him are Serhiy Zhadan (1974), Vira Vovk (1926), Antoni Malczewski (1793), Henry Roth (1906), Iryna Vilde (1907), and Boris Lavrenyov (1891). After him are Zośka Vieras (1892), Mikhail Svetlov (1903), Kazimierz Wierzyński (1894), Emmanuil Kazakevich (1913), Eugenie Schwarzwald (1872), and Victoria Amelina (1986).

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