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Bolesław Leśmian

1877 - 1937

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Bolesław Leśmian (né Lesman; 22 January 1877 – 5 November 1937) was a Polish poet, artist, and member of the Polish Academy of Literature, one of the first poets to introduce Symbolism and Expressionism to Polish verse. Though largely a marginal figure in his lifetime, Leśmian is now considered one of Poland's greatest poets. He is, however, little known outside Poland, mostly on account of his neologism-rich idiosyncratic style, dubbed "almost untranslatable" by Czesław Miłosz and "the ultimate and overwhelming proof for the untranslatability of poetry" by noted Polish Shakespearean translator, Stanisław Barańczak. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bolesław Leśmian is the 4,537th most popular writer (up from 4,569th in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 935th in 2019) and the 113th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 4,537 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans Nielsen Hauge, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, Attilâ İlhan, Anne Bradstreet, José María Heredia y Heredia, and Vera Inber. After him are R. K. Narayan, Vera Panova, Runer Jonsson, Ameen Rihani, Robert Edmond Grant, and Paul Bekker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 134. Before him are Ugo Cerletti, Vladimir Gardin, Aleksey Remizov, Fritz Graebner, Ervin Mészáros, and Georgy Sedov. After him are Ned Maddrell, Roelof Klein, Winifred McNair, W. D. Ross, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, and Liao Zhongkai. Among people deceased in 1937, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 137. Before him are Alfred Abel, Walter Burley Griffin, Wilhelm Weinberg, Anastasios Metaxas, Clarence Clark, and Juan Campisteguy. After him are Paul Bekker, Prosper Poullet, Mykola Kulish, Mykola Zerov, Grafton Elliot Smith, and Magnús Guðmundsson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 943 out of 1,694. Before him are Adam Zamenhof (1888), Michalina Wisłocka (1921), Janusz Kamiński (1959), Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886), Adam Asnyk (1838), and Jan T. Gross (1947). After him are Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), Frederick Jagiellon (1468), O. E. Hasse (1903), Władysław Tatarkiewicz (1886), Paul Gordan (1837), and Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (1861).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Bolesław Leśmian ranks 113. Before him are Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), Łukasz Górnicki (1527), Hanna Krall (1935), Martin Gray (1922), Michalina Wisłocka (1921), and Adam Asnyk (1838). After him are Leszek Engelking (1955), Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621), Marek Hłasko (1934), Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891), Jan Chryzostom Pasek (1636), and Klabund (1890).

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