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Jan Kott

1914 - 2001

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Jan Kott (October 27, 1914 – December 22, 2001) was a Polish political activist, critic and theoretician of the theatre. A leading proponent of Stalinism in Poland for nearly a decade after the Soviet takeover, Kott renounced his Communist Party membership in 1957 following the anti-Stalinist Polish October of 1956. He defected to the United States in 1965. He is regarded as having considerable influence upon Western productions of Shakespeare in the second half of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Kott is the 4,008th most popular writer (up from 4,053rd in 2019), the 851st most popular biography from Poland (down from 847th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Kott ranks 4,008 out of 7,302. Before him are Alykul Osmonov, Carmen Martín Gaite, Herbert Achternbusch, Bei Dao, Sahakdukht, and Gustaf Fröding. After him are Jules Lemaître, Marcel Arland, Ibn Bibi, Ferdinand Bruckner, Bat Ye'or, and Savo Kostadinovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jan Kott ranks 239. Before him are Paul Rand, Terence O'Neill, Norman Holter, Jo Cals, Wilhelm Hahnemann, and Jack Cardiff. After him are Ralph Ellison, Igor M. Diakonoff, Oscar Casanovas, Hovhannes Shiraz, Ehrenfried Patzel, and Ralph Erskine. Among people deceased in 2001, Jan Kott ranks 182. Before him are Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Eileen Heckart, Mario Perazzolo, Vladimir Semichastny, Maria Gorokhovskaya, and Ernst Baier. After him are József Csermák, Ardito Desio, Donella Meadows, Grigory Chukhray, Luis Rijo, and Ken Aston.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Kott ranks 851 out of 1,694. Before him are Albert Chmielowski (1846), Marek Belka (1952), Wojciech Bogusławski (1757), Ottomar Anschütz (1846), Nikifor (1895), and Alfred Kerr (1867). After him are Grigory Levenfish (1889), Gustav Radde (1831), Max Berg (1870), Julius Hübner (1806), Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł (1778), and Jurek Becker (1937).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jan Kott ranks 96. Before him are Mascha Kaléko (1907), Halina Konopacka (1900), Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Zofia Nałkowska (1884), and Alfred Kerr (1867). After him are Jurek Becker (1937), Agnieszka Osiecka (1936), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), Willibald Alexis (1798), Arno Holz (1863), and Eva Kotchever (1891).

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