1904 - 1969
Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937, he published his first novel, Ferdydurke, which presented many of his usual themes: problems of immaturity and youth, creation of identity in interactions with others, and an ironic, critical examination of class roles in Polish society and culture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Witold Gombrowicz has received more than 335,669 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Witold Gombrowicz is the 650th most popular writer (up from 683rd in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Poland (up from 128th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Polish Writer.
Witold Gombrowicz is most famous for his novel "Trans-Atlantyk" and his play "The Marriage."
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Among writers, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 650 out of 5,755. Before him are Verner von Heidenstam, Amin Maalouf, Thomas Harris, Andrea Camilleri, William McMaster Murdoch, and Robert E. Howard. After him are Theodore the Studite, Bert Hellinger, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Columella, Frontinus, and William Saroyan.
1859 - 1940
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 644
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 645
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 646
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 647
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 648
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 649
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 650
759 - 826
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 651
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 652
1755 - 1826
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 653
4 - 70
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 654
30 - 103
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 655
1908 - 1981
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 656
Among people born in 1904, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 31. Before him are Werner Forssmann, John Hicks, Luis Carrero Blanco, Gregory Bateson, Harry Martinson, and Dmitry Kabalevsky. After him are Hans Morgenthau, Ernst Mayr, Willem de Kooning, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Joseph Campbell, and George F. Kennan. Among people deceased in 1969, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 26. Before him are Otto Dix, C. F. Powell, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Levi Eshkol, Dominique Pire, and Arthur Friedenreich. After him are Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Sonja Henie, Josef von Sternberg, Moïse Tshombe, Itzhak Stern, and B. Traven.
1904 - 1979
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 25
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 26
1904 - 1973
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 27
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 28
1904 - 1978
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 29
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 30
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 31
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 32
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 33
1904 - 1997
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 34
1904 - 1971
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 35
1904 - 1987
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 36
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 20
1903 - 1969
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 21
1887 - 1969
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 22
1895 - 1969
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 23
1910 - 1969
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 24
1892 - 1969
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 25
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 26
1888 - 1969
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 27
1912 - 1969
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 28
1894 - 1969
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 29
1919 - 1969
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 30
1901 - 1969
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 31
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 32
Among people born in Poland, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 127 out of 1,454. Before him are Clara Immerwahr (1870), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), and Solomon Asch (1907). After him are Helena Rubinstein (1872), Witold Lutosławski (1913), Adolph Menzel (1815), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Jarosław Kaczyński (1949), and Alfred Tarski (1901).
1870 - 1915
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 121
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 122
1881 - 1943
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 123
1860 - 1941
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 124
1901 - 1948
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 125
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 126
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 127
1872 - 1965
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 128
1913 - 1994
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 129
1815 - 1905
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 130
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 131
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 132
1901 - 1983
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 133
Among writers born in Poland, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 11. Before him are Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), Wisława Szymborska (1923), Adam Mickiewicz (1798), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), and Alfred Döblin (1878). After him are Osip Mandelstam (1891), Władysław Reymont (1867), Christa Wolf (1929), Olga Tokarczuk (1962), B. Traven (1882), and Jan Potocki (1761).
1846 - 1916
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 5
1923 - 2012
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 6
1798 - 1855
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 7
1862 - 1946
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 9
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 10
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 11
1891 - 1938
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 12
1867 - 1925
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 13
1929 - 2011
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 14
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 15
1882 - 1969
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 16
1761 - 1815
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 17