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WRITER

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

1885 - 1939

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Polish: [staˈɲiswaf iɡˈnatsɨ vʲitˈkʲɛvʲitʂ]; 24 February 1885 – 18 September 1939), commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer active before World War I and during the interwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz has received more than 277,431 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is the 1,711th most popular writer (up from 1,801st in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Poland (up from 374th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

280k
Page Views (PV)
56.46
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
32
Languages Editions (L)
2.50
Effective Languages (L*)
4.39
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ranks 1,711 out of 5,755. Before him are Namık Kemal, Aryadeva, Alma Reville, Miguel Hernández, Philemon, and Attila József. After him are Jordan of Saxony, Vasily Shukshin, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Guillaume de Lorris, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, and Clark Ashton Smith.

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HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,716
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HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,717

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ranks 72. Before him are Harlow Shapley, Khải Định, Frank Jack Fletcher, Soemu Toyoda, Egon Kisch, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are Jules Romains, Nikolai Krylenko, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Sydney Chaplin, Frank Knight, and Friedrich Kellner. Among people deceased in 1939, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ranks 43. Before him are Vladimir Shukhov, Gerardo Machado, Konstantin Korovin, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Roman Dmowski, and Franz Schmidt. After him are Isaac Carasso, Grigori Sokolnikov, Bronisława Dłuska, Wu Peifu, Armand Călinescu, and Carl Laemmle.

Others Born in 1885

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Harlow Shapley
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 66
Khải Định
1885 - 1925
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 67
Frank Jack Fletcher
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 68
Soemu Toyoda
1885 - 1957
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 69
Egon Kisch
1885 - 1948
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 70
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
1885 - 1970
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 71
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
1885 - 1939
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 72
Jules Romains
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 73
Nikolai Krylenko
1885 - 1938
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 74
Władysław Raczkiewicz
1885 - 1947
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 75
Sydney Chaplin
1885 - 1965
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 76
Frank Knight
1885 - 1972
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 77
Friedrich Kellner
1885 - 1970
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 78