WRITER

Martin Gray

1922 - 2016

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Martin Gray (born Mieczysław Grajewski; 27 April 1922 – 24 April 2016) was a Holocaust survivor who emigrated to the West, and published books in French about his experiences during World War II, in which his family was killed in Poland occupied by Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Gray has received more than 14,499 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Gray is the 3,507th most popular writer (down from 3,207th in 2019), the 754th most popular biography from Poland (down from 674th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A Chronology of English Literature
1989
Au nom de tous les miens
Jewish Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
1971
Thro' the vision of the night
Arthurian romances, History and criticism, Technique
1980
Le livre de la vie
1973
Fantastic Creatures
1981
Blues for bird
Poetry, Jazz, Jazz musicians
1983

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Gray ranks 3,507 out of 7,302. Before her are Yang Jiang, Hulda Garborg, Filip Višnjić, William Cowper, Dennis Lehane, and Gonzalo de Berceo. After her are Adrienne Rich, Theodor Körner, Giuseppe Parini, Léo Malet, Abraham Jacob van der Aa, and Emmanuel Bove.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Martin Gray ranks 224. Before her are Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Joseph Mermans, Pino Cerami, Simon Hantaï, Roberto Aballay, and Roland Dumas. After her are Bhimsen Joshi, Michel Auclair, Farrokhroo Parsa, Steven Hill, Virgilio Noè, and Tom Finney. Among people deceased in 2016, Martin Gray ranks 219. Before her are Patty Duke, Bernard Fox, Paulo Evaristo Arns, Jamshid Amouzegar, Yang Jiang, and Jon Polito. After her are Abu Ali al-Anbari, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Bill Mollison, Paul Kantner, Antonin Scalia, and Slobodan Santrač.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Martin Gray ranks 754 out of 1,694. Before her are Ryszard Kukliński (1930), Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769), Juliusz Kossak (1824), Willy Fritsch (1901), Rudolf Ramek (1881), and Matthias Habich (1940). After her are Leon Niemczyk (1923), Krystyna Skarbek (1908), Henner Henkel (1915), Rutka Laskier (1929), Ludwik Rajchman (1881), and Max Weber (1881).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Martin Gray ranks 85. Before her are Bernhard Grzimek (1909), Zofia Posmysz (1923), Stanisław Konarski (1700), Salomėja Nėris (1904), Willibald Alexis (1798), and Marcin Bielski (1495). After her are Rutka Laskier (1929), Marcin Kromer (1512), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), and Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889).

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