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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 24,196 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Leszek Engelking is the 5,618th most popular writer (down from 5,067th in 2019), the 1,085th most popular biography from Poland (down from 937th in 2019) and the 138th 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.

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  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leszek Engelking ranks 5,618 out of 5,755. Before him are Ahmad NikTalab, Henry Lawson, Paulina Chiziane, Ravindra Prabhat, Madeline Miller, and Marina Lewycka. After him are John Skelton, Edward Everett Hale, John Betjeman, Sarah J. Maas, Anna Löwenstein, and Kenneth Rexroth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Leszek Engelking ranks 407. Before him are Eddie Jobson, Doris Dörrie, Parviz Parastui, Paulina Chiziane, Glynis Barber, and Abdelkrim Merry. After him are Kirron Kher, Rita Verdonk, Clarence Gilyard, Mihovil Nakić, Jan Berger, and Gerd Müller. Among people deceased in 2022, Leszek Engelking ranks 375. Before him are Maria Ewing, Kevin Conroy, Neal Adams, Danny Ongais, Mike Hodges, and Lidiya Alfeyeva. After him are Clarence Gilyard, Murray Halberg, Wolfgang Fahrian, Bernard Cribbins, Ilkka Kanerva, and Yuri Shatunov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leszek Engelking ranks 1,085 out of 1,454. Before him are Saliamonas Banaitis (1866), Jan Szczepański (1939), Jerzy Szmajdziński (1952), Leszek Drogosz (1933), Piotr Zieliński (1994), and Antoni Szymanowski (1951). After him are Kazimierz Paździor (1935), Jerzy Kaczmarek (1948), Dietrich Stobbe (1938), Witold Woyda (1939), Ewa Lipska (1945), and Anna Komorowska (1953).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Leszek Engelking ranks 138. Before him are Antoni Lange (1862), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Christoph Hein (1944), Peter Hacks (1928), Leon Kruczkowski (1900), and Stanisław Barańczak (1946). After him are Ewa Lipska (1945), Andrzej Stasiuk (1960), Paweł Huelle (1957), Jacek Dukaj (1974), Szczepan Sadurski (1965), and Dorota Masłowska (1983).

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