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Aleksander Fredro

1793 - 1876

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Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works including plays written in the octosyllabic verse (Zemsta) and in prose (Damy i Huzary) as well as fables, belong to the canon of Polish literature. Fredro was harshly criticized by some of his contemporaries for light-hearted humor or even alleged immorality (Seweryn Goszczyński, 1835) which led to years of his literary silence. Many of Fredro's dozens of plays were published and popularized only after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksander Fredro is the 2,901st most popular writer (down from 2,853rd in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from Poland (down from 635th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among writers, Aleksander Fredro ranks 2,901 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Bunker, Johannes Mario Simmel, Ahron Daum, Michael Bond, Dionysius Periegetes, and Vera Brittain. After him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, May Ziade, Shulamith Firestone, Tom Stoppard, Juan Gelman, and Richard Hughes.

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Among people born in 1793, Aleksander Fredro ranks 31. Before him are Princess Caroline of Denmark, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Johann Lukas Schönlein, Baldomero Espartero, and Lucretia Mott. After him are Marie Antoinette Murat, Casimir Delavigne, Pavel Pestel, Martin Rathke, Demetrios Ypsilantis, and Joseph Paul Gaimard. Among people deceased in 1876, Aleksander Fredro ranks 38. Before him are Charlotte Cushman, Karl Eichwald, Giacomo Antonelli, Louise Colet, Anna Russell, and Josef Kriehuber. After him are Johann Löwenthal, Manuel Blanco Encalada, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Joseph Böhm, Joseph von Führich, and Edward William Lane.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Aleksander Fredro ranks 638 out of 1,694. Before him are Shmuel Eisenstadt (1923), Lazarus Fuchs (1833), Alexander Imich (1903), Józef Haller (1873), Philip I, Duke of Pomerania (1515), and Julius von Sachs (1832). After him are Heinrich George (1893), Walther Wever (1887), Hugo von Pohl (1855), Wincenty Witos (1874), Zofia Posmysz (1923), and Abraham Robinson (1918).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Aleksander Fredro ranks 65. Before him are Ignacy Krasicki (1735), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Sholem Asch (1880), Isaac Deutscher (1907), Adam Michnik (1946), and Alexander Imich (1903). After him are Zofia Posmysz (1923), Stefanie Zweig (1932), Marcin Bielski (1495), Bronisława Wajs (1908), Yakov Perelman (1882), and Maria Wirtemberska (1768).

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