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Bolesław Prus

1847 - 1912

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Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (Polish: [bɔˈlεswaf ˈprus] ), was a Polish journalist, novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, and a distinctive voice in world literature. Aged 15, Aleksander Głowacki joined the Polish 1863 Uprising against Imperial Russia. Shortly after his 16th birthday, he suffered severe battle injuries. Five months later, he was imprisoned. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bolesław Prus is the 1,075th most popular writer (up from 1,157th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Poland (up from 245th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bolesław Prus ranks 1,075 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Bourget, Marcus Manilius, Meša Selimović, Ilia Chavchavadze, Leigh Hunt, and Thomas Pynchon. After him are Michel Tournier, Tavo Burat, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Edith Wharton, Pierre Louÿs, and Ibn Sirin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Bolesław Prus ranks 18. Before him are Jean Casimir-Perier, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Max Liebermann, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Annie Besant, and Radomir Putnik. After him are Sergey Nechayev, Paul Langerhans, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Maria Pia of Savoy, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, and Catherine Dolgorukov. Among people deceased in 1912, Bolesław Prus ranks 27. Before him are Benjamin Guggenheim, Osborne Reynolds, William McMaster Murdoch, John Jacob Astor IV, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, and Nettie Stevens. After him are Nogi Maresuke, Arthur MacArthur Jr., Franz Reichelt, George Darwin, Mykola Lysenko, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bolesław Prus ranks 237 out of 1,694. Before him are Wanda Landowska (1879), Robert Luther (1822), Ernst Toller (1893), Adolf Engler (1844), Udo Lattek (1935), and Wacław Sierpiński (1882). After him are Emil Ludwig (1881), B. Traven (1882), Władysław II the Exile (1105), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865), and Arnold Zweig (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Bolesław Prus ranks 19. Before him are Witold Gombrowicz (1904), Christa Wolf (1929), Jan Potocki (1761), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), and Ernst Toller (1893). After him are Emil Ludwig (1881), B. Traven (1882), Arnold Zweig (1887), Johanna Schopenhauer (1766), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), and Jan Długosz (1415).

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