WRITER

Jerzy Kosiński

1933 - 1991

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Jerzy Kosiński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ kɔˈɕij̃skʲi]; born Józef Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991) was a Polish-American writer and two-time president of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerzy Kosiński has received more than 805,515 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jerzy Kosiński is the 1,541st most popular writer (down from 1,234th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 262nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 1,541 out of 7,302Before him are Kuvempu, Giovannino Guareschi, John Gay, Adnan Oktar, Fritz Gerlich, and Corax of Syracuse. After him are Ödön von Horváth, Kim Bu-sik, Tarjei Vesaas, Ausiàs March, José de Acosta, and Usama ibn Munqidh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 107Before him are Elem Klimov, Elizabeth Montgomery, Narriman Sadek, Joan Rivers, Juanita Castro, and Tom Courtney. After him are Rik Van Looy, Fred Haise, Saleh Al-Fawzan, John Boorman, Miloš Milutinović, and Philippe de Broca. Among people deceased in 1991, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 62Before him are George Stigler, Aladár Gerevich, Eric Carr, W. Arthur Lewis, Brad Davis, and Boris Pugo. After him are Lee Remick, William Heinesen, Jean Arthur, Henri de Lubac, Demetrios I of Constantinople, and Vilém Flusser.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 343 out of 1,694Before him are Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Leopold Infeld (1898), Roman Dmowski (1864), Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), and Fritz Gerlich (1883). After him are Maria Szymanowska (1789), Johann Reinhold Forster (1729), Janusz Korwin-Mikke (1942), Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1286), Muazzez Sultan (1628), and Richard Pipes (1923).

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 31Before him are Albert Barillé (1920), Jan Długosz (1415), Jan Kochanowski (1530), Georg Heym (1887), Sławomir Mrożek (1930), and Fritz Gerlich (1883). After him are Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Avraham Stern (1907), Andreas Gryphius (1616), Martin Opitz (1597), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), and I. L. Peretz (1852).