WRITER

Joanna Chmielewska

1932 - 2013

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Joanna Chmielewska (Polish: [jɔˈanna xmjɛˈlɛfska]; 2 April 1932 – 7 October 2013), was the pen name of Irena Kühn (née Becker), a Polish novelist and screenwriter. Her work is often described as "ironic detective stories". Her novels, which have been translated into at least eleven languages, have sold more than 6 million copies in Poland and over 10 million copies in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna Chmielewska is the 3,642nd most popular writer (down from 3,278th in 2019), the 780th most popular biography from Poland (down from 716th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among writers, Joanna Chmielewska ranks 3,642 out of 7,302. Before her are William Goldman, Fritz Reuter, Fernando de Herrera, Philoxenus of Cythera, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. After her are Yuli Daniel, Michael Denis, Charles Lock Eastlake, Aurora Mardiganian, Claude Bourgelat, and Olga Orozco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Joanna Chmielewska ranks 252. Before her are Siegfried Rauch, Franca Raimondi, Max Gallo, John Glen, Patsy Cline, and Ted Cassidy. After her are Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Joe Engle, Banharn Silpa-archa, Robert Anton Wilson, Phyllida Law, and Olga Fikotová. Among people deceased in 2013, Joanna Chmielewska ranks 222. Before her are Franca Rame, Nílton de Sordi, Jonathan Winters, Ray Dolby, Mirko Kovač, and Emilio Pericoli. After her are Angela Voigt, Georges Descrières, Robert Byrne, Ed Koch, Norma Bengell, and Walter De Maria.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Joanna Chmielewska ranks 780 out of 1,694. Before her are Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853), Rudolf Ramek (1881), Rainer Barzel (1924), Władysław Taczanowski (1819), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), and Marcin Kromer (1512). After her are Abraham Brill (1874), Bernhard Goetzke (1884), Fritz Laband (1925), Kazimierz Sabbat (1913), Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891), and Hypatius Pociej (1541).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Joanna Chmielewska ranks 88. Before her are Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Anna Langfus (1920), Simonas Daukantas (1793), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), and Marcin Kromer (1512). After her are Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919), Mascha Kaléko (1907), Halina Konopacka (1900), Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), and Zofia Nałkowska (1884).

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