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Ignacy Krasicki

1735 - 1801

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Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki (3 February 1735 – 14 March 1801), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, Ermland) and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet ("the Prince of Poets"), a critic of the clergy, Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist, and translator from French and Greek. His most notable literary works were his Fables and Parables (1779), Satires (1779), and poetic letters and religious lyrics, in which the artistry of his poetic language reached its summit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignacy Krasicki is the 2,674th most popular writer (down from 2,578th in 2019), the 587th most popular biography from Poland (down from 572nd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among writers, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 2,674 out of 7,302. Before him are María Elena Walsh, Xue Tao, Carlos Marighella, Malwida von Meysenbug, Pavlo Tychyna, and Heinz G. Konsalik. After him are Wadih Sa'adeh, Violette Leduc, David Ogilvy, Henry van Dyke Jr., Ulrich von Liechtenstein, and Orson Scott Card.

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Among people born in 1735, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 20. Before him are Paul Revere, Ahmad al-Tijani, Johann Karl August Musäus, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Dmitry Levitzky, and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton. After him are Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Paul Kray, Claudine Picardet, József Alvinczi, Joseph Ducreux, and Ivan Kulibin. Among people deceased in 1801, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 23. Before him are Daniel Chodowiecki, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sharaku, Motoori Norinaga, and Franz Moritz von Lacy. After him are Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, Antoine de Rivarol, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal, Johann Gottfried Köhler, Ralph Abercromby, and Jovan Rajić.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 587 out of 1,694. Before him are Elisabeth Becker (1923), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909), Nahum Sokolow (1859), Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania (1318), and Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832). After him are Władysław Bartoszewski (1922), Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), Klaus Roth (1925), Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818), Otto Freundlich (1878), and Louis Marcoussis (1878).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Ignacy Krasicki ranks 59. Before him are Stefan Żeromski (1864), Cyprian Norwid (1821), Stanisław Konarski (1700), George Adamski (1891), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), and Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909). After him are Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Sholem Asch (1880), Isaac Deutscher (1907), Adam Michnik (1946), Alexander Imich (1903), and Aleksander Fredro (1793).

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