WRITER

Andrzej Sapkowski

1948 - Today

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Andrzej Sapkowski (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj sapˈkɔfski]; born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his series of books The Witcher, which revolves around the eponymous monster-hunter, Geralt of Rivia. The saga has been popularized through television, stage, comic books, video games and translated into 37 languages making him the second most-translated Polish science fiction and fantasy writer after Stanisław Lem. Described as the "Polish Tolkien", he has written multiple novels and short story collections, selling over 30 million copies worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrzej Sapkowski is the 441st most popular writer (down from 431st in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Polish Writer.

Andrzej Sapkowski is a Polish fantasy writer who is most famous for his Witcher series.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Andrzej Sapkowski ranks 441 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Brodsky, Sergei Yesenin, Sándor Márai, Gregory of Tours, Georges Bataille, and Fausto Cercignani. After him are Qu Yuan, Henri Barbusse, Vuk Karadžić, Jim Corbett, Raymond Chandler, and Athenaeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Andrzej Sapkowski ranks 33. Before him are Klaus Meine, Olivia Newton-John, Marcello Lippi, George Tupou V, Henning Mankell, and Patrizia Reggiani. After him are Antonín Panenka, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Sauli Niinistö, Keke Rosberg, Steven Tyler, and Yoshihide Suga.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Andrzej Sapkowski ranks 82 out of 1,694. Before him are Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785). After him are Horst Köhler (1943), Jan Matejko (1838), Krzysztof Penderecki (1933), Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), Johannes Hevelius (1611), and Stefan Banach (1892).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Andrzej Sapkowski ranks 8. Before him are Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846), Wisława Szymborska (1923), Adam Mickiewicz (1798), Janusz Korczak (1878), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902), and Gerhart Hauptmann (1862). After him are Alfred Döblin (1878), Władysław Reymont (1867), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Olga Tokarczuk (1962), Witold Gombrowicz (1904), and Christa Wolf (1929).

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