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Bronisława Wajs

1908 - 1987

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Bronisława Wajs (17 August 1908, Lublin – 8 February 1987, Inowrocław), commonly known by her Romani name Papusza (meaning Doll), was a Polish-Romani classic poet and singer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bronisława Wajs is the 3,056th most popular writer (up from 3,157th in 2019), the 671st most popular biography from Poland (up from 689th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bronisława Wajs ranks 3,056 out of 7,302. Before her are Louis of Granada, Sigurd Hoel, Tim Krabbé, Wu Jingzi, Alda Merini, and Al-Asmaʿi. After her are Charlotte Smith, Jules Barbier, Juan Ruiz, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Maksim Bahdanovič, and Şihabetdin Märcani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Bronisława Wajs ranks 169. Before her are Štefan Čambal, Paul Henreid, Baby Face Nelson, Titus Burckhardt, Ștefan Barbu, and Olga Benário Prestes. After her are René Daumal, Sucheta Kriplani, Janina Lewandowska, Pál Titkos, Oddbjørn Hagen, and Robert Morley. Among people deceased in 1987, Bronisława Wajs ranks 106. Before her are Gustav Fröhlich, Donn F. Eisele, Salim Ali, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Jackie Gleason, and Vicente Calderón. After her are Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Jimmy Mullen, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, and Kishore Kumar.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bronisława Wajs ranks 671 out of 1,694. Before her are Theodor Kaluza (1885), Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852), Hermann Boehm (1884), Marcin Bielski (1495), George I, Duke of Pomerania (1493), and Eugen Goldstein (1860). After her are August Hlond (1881), Hilary Koprowski (1916), Heinrich Graetz (1817), Richard Herrmann (1923), Henryk Jabłoński (1909), and Henner Henkel (1915).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Bronisława Wajs ranks 69. Before her are Adam Michnik (1946), Alexander Imich (1903), Aleksander Fredro (1793), Zofia Posmysz (1923), Stefanie Zweig (1932), and Marcin Bielski (1495). After her are Yakov Perelman (1882), Maria Wirtemberska (1768), Ernst Wiechert (1887), Rutka Laskier (1929), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), and Bernhard Grzimek (1909).

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