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Jan Lechoń

1899 - 1956

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Leszek Józef Serafinowicz (pen name: Jan Lechoń; 13 March 1899 – 8 June 1956) was a Polish poet, literary and theater critic, diplomat, and co-founder of the Skamander literary movement and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Lechoń is the 5,715th most popular writer (down from 5,438th in 2019), the 1,146th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,093rd in 2019) and the 142nd most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Lechoń ranks 5,715 out of 7,302. Before him are H. A. Rey, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lloyd C. Douglas, Niccolò Ammaniti, Alexei Panshin, and Memnon of Heraclea. After him are Melih Cevdet Anday, Paul Mattick, Charles Le Goffic, Alain Decaux, Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov, and Vincenzo Consolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jan Lechoń ranks 273. Before him are El-Registan, Anders Petersen, Ilse Bing, Øystein Ore, Hendrik Marsman, and Alden Sanborn. After him are Alfred Mosher Butts, James Wong Howe, George O'Brien, Lyman Lemnitzer, Aline MacMahon, and Juliusz Schauder. Among people deceased in 1956, Jan Lechoń ranks 199. Before him are Robert Yerkes, Manilal Gandhi, Oskar Olsen, Walter de la Mare, Edward Arnold, and Jim Elliot. After him are Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Charley Grapewin, Benno von Arent, Francis Tyler, Max Emmerich, and Robert Newton.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Lechoń ranks 1,146 out of 1,694. Before him are Maria Kwaśniewska (1913), Władysław Żeleński (1837), Heinz Pollay (1908), Julia Hartwig (1921), Waldemar Pawlak (1959), and Tadeusz Friedrich (1903). After him are Hans Grodotzki (1936), Paul Mattick (1904), Wiesław Rudkowski (1946), Irena Kwiatkowska (1912), Krzysztof Warzycha (1964), and Roy Henkel (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jan Lechoń ranks 142. Before him are Christoph Hein (1944), Władysław Broniewski (1897), Kazimierz Brodziński (1791), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Miron Białoszewski (1922), and Julia Hartwig (1921). After him are Paul Mattick (1904), Lina Morgenstern (1830), Antoni Słonimski (1895), Ewa Lipska (1945), Maria Janion (1926), and Leon Kruczkowski (1900).

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