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Jan Parandowski

1895 - 1978

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Jan Parandowski (11 May 1895 – 26 September 1978) was a Polish writer, essayist, and translator. Best known for his works relating to classical antiquity, he was also the president of the Polish PEN Club between 1933 and 1978, with a break during World War II. He was born in Lwów, (then Austria-Hungary, now Ukraine) and died in Warsaw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Parandowski is the 5,555th most popular writer (down from 5,507th in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 846th in 2019) and the 125th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Parandowski ranks 5,555 out of 7,302. Before him are Christoph Hein, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Inger Hagerup, Władysław Broniewski, Serhiy Zhadan, and Cyril M. Kornbluth. After him are Dimitar Dimov, Candy Barr, Scott Turow, Michel Deguy, Fredric Wertham, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jan Parandowski ranks 268. Before him are Busby Berkeley, Shemp Howard, Albert White, Adrienne Bolland, Doris Humphrey, and Sándor Gombos. After him are Fredric Wertham, Lawrence Shields, Väinö Ikonen, Blossom Rock, Phyllis Covell, and Sidney Blackmer. Among people deceased in 1978, Jan Parandowski ranks 217. Before him are Lajos Keresztes, Cyrille Adoula, Imre Rajczy, Chill Wills, Nagamichi Kuroda, and Oliver Leese. After him are Maja Berezowska, Gregor Wentzel, Jorge Icaza Coronel, Matti Lähde, Maggie McNamara, and Blossom Rock.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Jan Parandowski ranks 856 out of 1,365. Before him are Aleksei Petrenko (1938), Volodymyr Troshkin (1947), Igor Dobrovolski (1967), Vadim Perelman (1963), Oleksandr Sydorenko (1960), and Serhiy Zhadan (1974). After him are Taisia Chenchik (1936), Volodymyr Dakhno (1932), Oleksiy Honcharuk (1984), Viktor Chanov (1959), Ivan Borkovský (1897), and Viktor Matviyenko (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Jan Parandowski ranks 125. Before him are Ivan Kavaleridze (1887), Ariel Durant (1898), Iryna Vilde (1907), Zośka Vieras (1892), Boris Lavrenyov (1891), and Serhiy Zhadan (1974). After him are Kazimierz Wierzyński (1894), Eugenie Schwarzwald (1872), Dmitry Gordon (1967), Mikhail Svetlov (1903), Mikhail Gurevich (1959), and Volodymyr Vakulenko (1972).

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