1924 - 1998
Zbigniew Herbert (IPA: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈxɛrbɛrt] ; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published in the 1950s (a volume titled Chord of Light was issued in 1956), soon after he voluntarily ceased submitting most of his works to official Polish government publications. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zbigniew Herbert has received more than 191,286 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Zbigniew Herbert is the 2,115th most popular writer (up from 2,132nd in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 278th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Ukrainian Writer.
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Among writers, Zbigniew Herbert ranks 2,115 out of 5,755. Before him are Hamdallah Mustawfi, Jean Paulhan, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Asclepiades of Samos, and Erich Mühsam. After him are Ottavio Rinuccini, Aloysius Bertrand, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Ding Ling, Gabriel Matzneff, and Archibald Gracie IV.
1281 - 1349
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,109
1884 - 1968
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,110
1614 - 1674
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,111
1794 - 1881
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,112
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,113
1878 - 1934
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,114
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,115
1562 - 1621
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,116
1807 - 1841
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,117
1698 - 1783
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,118
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,119
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,120
1858 - 1912
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,121
Among people born in 1924, Zbigniew Herbert ranks 132. Before him are William Auld, Allan Edwall, Carlo Bergonzi, Cicely Tyson, Edward Cassidy, and Alexander Haig. After him are József Zakariás, Sabine Weiss, Idries Shah, Alain Bombard, Fess Parker, and Raymond Barre. Among people deceased in 1998, Zbigniew Herbert ranks 91. Before him are Momoko Kōchi, Georgy Sviridov, Bruno Munari, Frithjof Schuon, Efim Geller, and Christian Mortensen. After him are Birger Ruud, Shinichi Suzuki, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Lucio Battisti, Vladimir Demikhov, and Richard Hamming.
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 126
1924 - 1997
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 127
1924 - 2014
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 128
1924 - 2021
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 129
1924 - 2021
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 130
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 131
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 132
1924 - 1971
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 133
1924 - 2021
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 134
1924 - 1996
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 135
1924 - 2005
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 136
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 137
1924 - 2007
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 138
1932 - 1998
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 85
1915 - 1998
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 86
1907 - 1998
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 87
1907 - 1998
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 88
1925 - 1998
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 89
1882 - 1998
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 90
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 91
1911 - 1998
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 92
1898 - 1998
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 93
1915 - 1998
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 94
1943 - 1998
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 95
1916 - 1998
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 96
1915 - 1998
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 97
Among people born in Ukraine, Zbigniew Herbert ranks 300 out of 1,083. Before him are Salo Flohr (1908), Efim Geller (1925), Rostislav I of Kiev (1110), Larisa Shepitko (1938), Vasyl Stus (1938), and Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803). After him are Sergey Kamenev (1881), Hilarion of Kiev (990), Mark Taimanov (1926), Natan Sharansky (1948), Irina Press (1939), and Adam Zagajewski (1945).
1908 - 1983
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 294
1925 - 1998
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 295
1110 - 1167
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 296
1938 - 1979
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 297
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 298
1803 - 1890
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 299
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 300
1881 - 1936
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 301
990 - 1055
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 302
1926 - 2016
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 303
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 304
1939 - 2004
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 305
1945 - 2021
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 306
Among writers born in Ukraine, Zbigniew Herbert ranks 40. Before him are Arseny Tarkovsky (1907), Lina Kostenko (1930), Vasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918), Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864), Tadeusz Borowski (1922), and Vasyl Stus (1938). After him are Adam Zagajewski (1945), Valentin Kataev (1897), Vsevolod Garshin (1855), Panteleimon Kulish (1819), Mikołaj Rej (1505), and Mikhail Artsybashev (1878).
1907 - 1989
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 34
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 35
1918 - 1970
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 36
1864 - 1913
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 37
1922 - 1951
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 38
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 39
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 40
1945 - 2021
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 41
1897 - 1986
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 42
1855 - 1888
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 43
1819 - 1897
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 44
1505 - 1569
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 45
1878 - 1927
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 46