WRITER

Stanisław Jerzy Lec

1909 - 1966

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Stanisław Jerzy Lec (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf ˈjɛʐɨ lɛts]; 6 March 1909 – 7 May 1966), born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanisław Jerzy Lec has received more than 205,794 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Stanisław Jerzy Lec is the 1,286th most popular writer (down from 1,201st in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec is most famous for his novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Das grosse Buch der unfrisierten Gedanken
1971
Unkempt thoughts
Aphorisms and apothegms
1962
Widziałem szkic do Nicości
1998
Myśli nieuczesane
1959
Myśli nieuczesane nowe
1964
Pochti vsë
2005

Page views of Stanisław Jerzy Lecs by language

Over the past year Stanisław Jerzy Lec has had the most page views in the with 38,541 views, followed by Polish (21,106), and English (16,404). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (141.97%), Swedish (66.22%), and Basque (41.80%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 1,286 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Antipater of Sidon, Paul Scarron, James Brendan Connolly, Josef Čapek, and Herrad of Landsberg. After him are Judah Leon Abravanel, Cratinus, Thomas Chatterton, Poul Anderson, Alma Reville, and Victor Serge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 48. Before him are Vicente Feola, László Rajk, Colonel Tom Parker, Yiannis Ritsos, Alexander Pechersky, and Norberto Bobbio. After him are Rudolf Brandt, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Rollo May, James Mason, Otto Kumm, and Art Tatum. Among people deceased in 1966, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 45. Before him are Lao She, Charlotte Cooper, Hannes Kolehmainen, Battista Farina, Siegfried Kracauer, and Erwin Piscator. After him are Elizabeth Arden, Frank Lentini, Jisaburō Ozawa, L. E. J. Brouwer, Alexander von Falkenhausen, and Evelyn Waugh.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 175 out of 1,365. Before him are Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873), Marina Mniszech (1588), Alexander Pechersky (1909), Robert Maxwell (1923), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), and Moshé Feldenkrais (1904). After him are Pavel Popovich (1930), Pavel Batitsky (1910), Leo Kanner (1894), Eupraxia of Kiev (1071), Valeriy Borzov (1949), and David Bronstein (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 27. Before him are Nestor the Chronicler (1056), Gregory Skovoroda (1722), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), Juliusz Słowacki (1809), and Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873). After him are Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769), Władysław Tarnowski (1836), Naftali Herz Imber (1856), Vladimir Korolenko (1853), Aharon Appelfeld (1932), and Arseny Tarkovsky (1907).

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