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Jerzy Kosiński

1933 - 1991

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Jerzy Kosiński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ kɔˈɕij̃skʲi]; born Józef Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991) was an American-Jewish novelist of Polish origin 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 737,366 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jerzy Kosiński is the 1,237th most popular writer (up from 1,280th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 265th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Polish Writer.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 1,237 out of 5,755. Before him are Ljudevit Gaj, Andrei Platonov, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Yosa Buson, Babrius, and Poul Anderson. After him are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Giovanni Verga, Valerie Solanas, Anthony Bourdain, Laura Marx, and Per Olov Enquist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 83. Before him are Jean-Claude Brialy, Tom Skerritt, Sylva Koscina, Danny Aiello, Richard S. Castellano, and Piero Manzoni. After him are Lamine Diack, Yuri Oganessian, Nino Vaccarella, Peter Mansfield, David Hamilton, and Cees Nooteboom. Among people deceased in 1991, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 48. Before him are Tony Richardson, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Princess Ileana of Romania, Salvador Luria, Tom of Finland, and James Irwin. After him are Ralph Bellamy, George Stigler, W. Arthur Lewis, Lee Remick, Eric Carr, and Henri de Lubac.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 262 out of 1,454. Before him are Stanisława Walasiewicz (1911), Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785), Edward Gierek (1913), Bolesław Prus (1847), Hans Kammler (1901), and Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889). After him are Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), Arnold Zweig (1887), Leszek the White (1186), Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845), and Albert Barillé (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jerzy Kosiński ranks 24. Before him are Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Ernst Toller (1893), Emil Ludwig (1881), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), and Bolesław Prus (1847). After him are Arnold Zweig (1887), Albert Barillé (1920), Jan Długosz (1415), Jan Kochanowski (1530), Sławomir Mrożek (1930), and Johanna Schopenhauer (1766).

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