WRITER

Leszek Engelking

1955 - 2022

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Leszek Maria Engelking (2 February 1955 – 22 October 2022) was a Polish poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, literary critic, essayist, Polish philologist, and literary academic, scholar, and lecturer. Engelking translated a vast amount of literature into Polish, from Spanish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovak but in particular from Czech. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leszek Engelking has received more than 25,324 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Leszek Engelking is the 5,992nd most popular writer (down from 5,598th in 2019), the 1,195th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,085th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Polish Writer.

Leszek Engelking was a Polish poet and literary critic who is most famous for his poetry, which often dealt with themes of love, loss, and the passage of time. He was a prominent figure in the Polish literary scene and was known for his elegant and precise use of language.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Surrealizm, underground, postmodernizm
Surrealism (Literature), Postmodernism (Literature), History and criticism
2001
Codzienność i mit
Arts, Czech, Czech Arts, Skupina 42
2005
Codziennosc i mit
2005

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leszek Engelking ranks 5,992 out of 7,302. Before him are Liam O'Flaherty, Mihkel Veske, Richard Russo, Sarah Moore Grimké, Vladimir Tendryakov, and Liao Yiwu. After him are Alexander Afinogenov, Alex Garland, Gardner Fox, W. S. Merwin, Lucy Hawking, and Kristina Lugn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Leszek Engelking ranks 437. Before him are Mohammad Rabbani, Claudio Sulser, Roma Maffia, Pier Ferdinando Casini, Ole von Beust, and Annette Schavan. After him are Olivier Rouyer, Eric Bischoff, Aleksandrs Starkovs, Yevgeniya Simonova, Jim Montgomery, and Paulina Chiziane. Among people deceased in 2022, Leszek Engelking ranks 520. Before him are Jeroen Brouwers, D. H. Peligro, Oleg Mityaev, Albert Pyun, Ingemar Erlandsson, and Oleksandr Sydorenko. After him are Enrique Rodríguez, Neal Adams, Robert Morse, Hilarion Kapral, Jason David Frank, and Sergio Brighenti.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leszek Engelking ranks 1,195 out of 1,694. Before him are Kazimierz Kmiecik (1951), Leon Kruczkowski (1900), Szymon Hołownia (1976), Adam Musiał (1948), Jerzy Kaczmarek (1948), and Janusz Sidło (1933). After him are Józef Grudzień (1939), Tomasz Kuszczak (1982), Friedrich Scherfke (1909), Albrecht Weber (1825), Adam Darski (1977), and Witold Woyda (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Leszek Engelking ranks 150. Before him are Miron Białoszewski (1922), Peter Hacks (1928), Ewa Lipska (1945), Kazimierz Brodziński (1791), Narcyza Żmichowska (1819), and Leon Kruczkowski (1900). After him are Maria Janion (1926), Andrzej Stasiuk (1960), Jacek Dukaj (1974), Szczepan Sadurski (1965), Dorota Masłowska (1983), and Dawid Jung (1980).

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