WRITER

Stanisław Barańczak

1946 - 2014

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Stanisław Barańczak (Polish pronunciation: [Staɲiswaf baraɲtʂak], November 13, 1946 – December 26, 2014) was a Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer. He is perhaps most well known for his English-to-Polish translations of the dramas of William Shakespeare and of the poetry of E.E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanisław Barańczak has received more than 66,905 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanisław Barańczak is the 5,652nd most popular writer (down from 5,550th in 2019), the 1,123rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,066th in 2019) and the 140th most popular Polish Writer.

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Notable Works

Czytelnik ubezwłasnowolniony
Communist Propaganda, History, History and criticism
1983
Uciekinier z Utopii
Criticism and interpretation
1984
Ocalone w tłumaczeniu
Poetry, Translations, History and criticism
1994
Język poetycki Mirona Białoszewskiego
Poetics, Literary style, Language
1974
Podróż zimowa
1994
Polish poetry of the last two decades of communist rule
Translations into English, Polish poetry, Polish poetry, translations into english
1991

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stanisław Barańczak ranks 5,652 out of 7,302. Before him are George William Russell, Herman Teirlinck, MacKenzie Scott, Hanif Kureishi, Peter Wohlleben, and William Blum. After him are Linton Kwesi Johnson, Semyon Nadson, Valentín Paz-Andrade, Eoin Colfer, Yuri Samarin, and Layamon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Stanisław Barańczak ranks 601. Before him are Valeria Bufanu, Ricky Jay, Harald Irmscher, Igor Starygin, Jean Eyeghé Ndong, and Boz Burrell. After him are Richard LeParmentier, Isamu Sonoda, Oganes Zanazanyan, Lennox Miller, Robert Jarvik, and Justin Hayward. Among people deceased in 2014, Stanisław Barańczak ranks 406. Before him are Glenn Cornick, Michio Mado, Roberto Telch, Gennadi Gusarov, A. N. R. Robinson, and Georgy Adelson-Velsky. After him are John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, Ian McLagan, Dmitri Anosov, Lucidio Sentimenti, Erik Hansen, and Gerry Goffin.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Stanisław Barańczak ranks 1,123 out of 1,694. Before him are Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (1936), Harry Winter (1914), Christoph Hein (1944), Joachim Marx (1944), Anna Louisa Karsch (1722), and Barbara Sobotta (1936). After him are Władysław Rubin (1917), Gerard Wodarz (1913), Bronisław Malinowski (1951), Willi Apel (1893), Antoni Słonimski (1895), and Antoni Szymanowski (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Stanisław Barańczak ranks 140. Before him are Eva Kotchever (1891), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Antoni Lange (1862), Lina Morgenstern (1830), Christoph Hein (1944), and Anna Louisa Karsch (1722). After him are Willi Apel (1893), Antoni Słonimski (1895), Julia Hartwig (1921), Miron Białoszewski (1922), Peter Hacks (1928), and Ewa Lipska (1945).

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