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Jan Twardowski

1915 - 2006

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Jan Jakub Twardowski (1 June 1915 – 18 January 2006) was a Polish poet and Catholic priest. He was a chief Polish representative of contemporary religious lyrics. He wrote short, simple poems, humorous, which often included colloquialisms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Twardowski has received more than 46,867 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jan Twardowski is the 5,381st most popular writer (down from 4,934th in 2019), the 1,077th most popular biography from Poland (down from 961st in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 47k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Znów najpiękniejszy w Polsce jest lipiec nad wodą
1996
Stale byc blisko
Twardowski, Jan, -- 1915-2006, Christian biography -- Poland., Biography.
2004
Znaki ufności
Polish Christian poetry
1971
Elementarz księdza Twardowskiego dla najmłodszego, średniaka i starszego
2000
Budzic nadzieje
2005
Rwane prosto z krzaka
1996

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Twardowski ranks 5,381 out of 7,302. Before him are Clorinda Matto de Turner, Trudi Canavan, Ludwig Ganghofer, Anatole Le Braz, Yehoshua Kenaz, and Marieluise Fleißer. After him are Ali Smith, Jeanne Dumée, Tommaso Grossi, Richard Llewellyn, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, and Kim Newman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Jan Twardowski ranks 222. Before him are Lester del Rey, Alvin M. Weinberg, Barnard Hughes, Ewan MacColl, Lars Ahlin, and David Diamond. After him are Nicholas Metropolis, Tomás Fernández, Anita Louise, Norman Cousins, A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, and Khadr El-Touni. Among people deceased in 2006, Jan Twardowski ranks 283. Before him are Alvin M. Weinberg, Duygu Asena, Barnard Hughes, Iris Marion Young, Reidar Liaklev, and Volodymyr Dakhno. After him are Tony Jay, Charles Haughey, Bob Mathias, Lidia Wysocka, Peter Osgood, and Ratmir Kholmov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Twardowski ranks 1,077 out of 1,694. Before him are Benjamin Mazar (1906), Wacław Potocki (1621), Lucyna Winnicka (1928), Zbigniew Zamachowski (1961), Jadwiga Barańska (1935), and Grzegorz Schetyna (1963). After him are Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882), Janusz Wojciechowski (1954), Kazimierz Prószyński (1875), Jerzy Kulej (1940), Maria Wittek (1899), and Ernestine Rose (1810).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jan Twardowski ranks 132. Before him are Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865), Heinrich Laube (1806), Władysław Broniewski (1897), Anna Świrszczyńska (1909), Halina Poświatowska (1935), and Wacław Potocki (1621). After him are Jan Lechoń (1899), Eva Kotchever (1891), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Antoni Lange (1862), Lina Morgenstern (1830), and Christoph Hein (1944).

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