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Leopold Staff

1878 - 1957

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Leopold Henryk Staff (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet; an artist of European modernism twice granted the Degree of Doctor honoris causa by universities in Warsaw and in Kraków. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Polish PEN Club. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopold Staff has received more than 49,803 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Leopold Staff is the 4,286th most popular writer (down from 4,025th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 569th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 50k

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  • 49.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Izbrannai͡a lirika
1971
Wybór poezji
1949
Wysokie drzewa
1932
Wiersze wybrane
1948
Igrzysko
1909
W kręgu literackich przyjaźni
Authors, Correspondence, reminiscences
1966

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leopold Staff ranks 4,286 out of 7,302. Before him are Edna Ferber, Johann Christian Günther, Txillardegi, William Boyd, Jakob Hurt, and Benoîte Groult. After him are Veijo Meri, Florbela Espanca, Ibrahim Tuqan, Maeve Binchy, Gervase of Tilbury, and Iwan Bloch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Leopold Staff ranks 166. Before him are Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Viktor Nogin, Pat McDonald, René Maire, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, and Konstantinos Paspatis. After him are Harry Carey, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Pamela Colman Smith, Harriet Bosse, Ladislav Klíma, and Louise Dresser. Among people deceased in 1957, Leopold Staff ranks 152. Before him are Wilhelm Nusselt, Mark Aldanov, Heinrich Campendonk, Joseph Augustus Zarelli, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, and P. C. Chang. After him are Elizabeth Hesselblad, Alice Milliat, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Viggo Larsen, Gustav Mie, and Adeodato Giovanni Piazza.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leopold Staff ranks 664 out of 1,365. Before him are Shura Cherkassky (1909), Mykhailo Boychuk (1882), Jerzy Różycki (1909), Georgy Sedov (1877), Andrei Kanchelskis (1969), and Olga Lepeshinskaya (1916). After him are Viorica Ursuleac (1894), Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101), Maryna Poroshenko (1962), Anatoliy Zlenko (1938), Yurii Andrukhovych (1960), and Louise Nevelson (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Leopold Staff ranks 96. Before him are Mark Aldanov (1886), Alexander Galich (1918), Vasyl Stefanyk (1871), Gheorghe Asachi (1788), Panas Myrny (1849), and Valerian Pidmohylny (1901). After him are Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101), Yurii Andrukhovych (1960), Vladimir Dudintsev (1918), Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929), Sofia Yablonska (1907), and Itzik Feffer (1900).

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