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Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

1919 - 2000

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Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈgustaf 'herlink gru 'dʑiɲskʲi]; May 20, 1919 − July 4, 2000) was a Polish writer, journalist, essayist, World War II underground fighter, and political dissident abroad during the period of Soviet and communist rule. He is best known for writing a personal account of life in the Soviet Gulag entitled A World Apart, first published in 1951 in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustaw Herling-Grudziński is the 3,777th most popular writer (up from 3,965th in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from Poland (up from 829th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 3,777 out of 7,302. Before her are Edmond Privat, Dennis Lehane, John Ford, Gideon Levy, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, and Meir Shalev. After her are Dorothee Sölle, V. C. Andrews, Anna Katharine Green, Murray Leinster, César Aira, and Georg Sauerwein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 188. Before her are Franco Rossi, Jüri Järvet, Nehemiah Persoff, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, George Shearing, and Howard Keel. After her are Daniil Granin, Benny Moré, Maria Lassnig, Eugenia Charles, R. M. Hare, and Anita O'Day. Among people deceased in 2000, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 163. Before her are Franco Rossi, Ian Dury, John Tukey, Bruno Zevi, Franco Donatoni, and Basil Bernstein. After her are Stephanos Christopoulos, Robert Dienst, Werner Klemperer, Frédéric Dard, Antonio Buero Vallejo, and Charles Gray.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 800 out of 1,694. Before her are Johann Dzierzon (1811), Jan Olszewski (1930), Franceska Mann (1917), Stanisław Mikulski (1929), Gerda Steinhoff (1922), and Salomon Jadassohn (1831). After her are Leo White (1882), Danuta Siedzikówna (1928), Janusz Gajos (1939), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907), Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909), and Stanisław Staszic (1755).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ranks 89. Before her are Anna Langfus (1920), Simonas Daukantas (1793), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Marcin Kromer (1512), and Joanna Chmielewska (1932). After her are Mascha Kaléko (1907), Halina Konopacka (1900), Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Zofia Nałkowska (1884), and Alfred Kerr (1867).

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