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WRITER

Jerzy Andrzejewski

1909 - 1983

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Jerzy Andrzejewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ andʐɛˈjɛfskʲi]; 19 August 1909 – 19 April 1983) was a prolific Polish writer. His works confront controversial moral issues such as betrayal, the Jews and Auschwitz in the wartime. His novels, Ashes and Diamonds (about the immediate post-war situation in Poland), and Holy Week (treating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising), have been made into film adaptations by the Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerzy Andrzejewski has received more than 79,886 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jerzy Andrzejewski is the 2,643rd most popular writer (down from 2,544th in 2019), the 579th most popular biography from Poland (down from 533rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular Polish Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

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  • 2.97

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 2,643 out of 5,755Before him are Esaias Tegnér, Ngaio Marsh, Naoya Shiga, Avetik Isahakyan, Liviu Rebreanu, and László Krasznahorkai. After him are U. R. Ananthamurthy, Tayeb Salih, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, John Cheever, Heimito von Doderer, and Yury Tynyanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 136Before him are Gordon Bunshaft, Juan José Nogués, Anthony Mamo, Seichō Matsumoto, Luigi Villoresi, and Dana Andrews. After him are Sylvère Maes, Hermann Lang, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Johannes Willebrands, Stephen Cole Kleene, and Colonel Tom Parker. Among people deceased in 1983, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 99Before him are Ivan Vinogradov, Michel Micombero, Bep Voskuijl, Shūji Terayama, Juan López Fontana, and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek. After him are Paul de Man, Ángel Labruna, Vladimir Bakarić, Lina Radke, Werner Egk, and Zhang Daqian.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 579 out of 1,454Before him are Eugen Goldstein (1860), Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821), Krzysztof Wielicki (1950), Ottomar Anschütz (1846), Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855), and Otto Freundlich (1878). After him are Hugo von Pohl (1855), Walter Laqueur (1921), Robert Remak (1815), Stanisław Mikulski (1929), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro (1926), and Helene Deutsch (1884).

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 61Before him are Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Uri Orlev (1931), Isaac Deutscher (1907), Ignacy Krasicki (1735), Cyprian Norwid (1821), and Maciej Stryjkowski (1547). After him are Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595), Aleksander Fredro (1793), Bernhard Grzimek (1909), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), Yakov Perelman (1882), and Uwe Johnson (1934).