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Johann Christian Günther

1695 - 1723

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Johann Christian Günther (8 April 1695 – 15 March 1723) was a German poet from Striegau in Lower Silesia. After attending the gymnasium at Schweidnitz, he was sent in 1715 by his father, a country doctor, to study medicine at Wittenberg; but he was idle and dissipated, had no taste for the profession chosen for him, and came to a complete rupture with his family. In 1717 he went to Leipzig, where he was befriended by Johann Burkhard Mencke (1674–1732), who recognized his genius; and there he published a poem on the peace of Passarowitz (concluded between the German emperor and the Porte in 1718) which acquired him reputation. A recommendation from Mencke to Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, king of Poland, proved worse than useless, as Günther appeared at the audience drunk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christian Günther is the 3,552nd most popular writer (up from 4,281st in 2019), the 765th most popular biography from Poland (up from 889th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among writers, Johann Christian Günther ranks 3,552 out of 7,302. Before him are Boris Polevoy, Lois Lowry, Ćamil Sijarić, Grigor Parlichev, Veijo Meri, and Ennio Flaiano. After him are George the Hagiorite, Garlieb Merkel, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Nihal Atsız, Lady Ise, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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Among people born in 1695, Johann Christian Günther ranks 13. Before him are John Bevis, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Giuseppe Sammartini, François de Cuvilliés, Martin van Meytens, and Carl Gustaf Tessin. After him are Edward Braddock, and Gustaf Lundberg. Among people deceased in 1723, Johann Christian Günther ranks 16. Before him are Zanabazar, Guillaume Dubois, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Praskovia Saltykova, Mariana Alcoforado, and Joseph Clemens of Bavaria. After him are Claude Fleury, and Jan Santini Aichel.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Johann Christian Günther ranks 765 out of 1,694. Before him are Anna Langfus (1920), Juliusz Kossak (1824), Elżbieta Krzesińska (1934), Simonas Daukantas (1793), Katja Ebstein (1945), and Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875). After him are Wojciech Has (1925), Stanisław Szukalski (1893), Gisela Hahn (1943), Theodor Kotschy (1813), Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815), and Wojciech Zabłocki (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Johann Christian Günther ranks 85. Before him are Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715), Hermann Rauschning (1887), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Anna Langfus (1920), and Simonas Daukantas (1793). After him are Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Marcin Kromer (1512), Joanna Chmielewska (1932), Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919), Mascha Kaléko (1907), and Halina Konopacka (1900).

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