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Julian Tuwim

1894 - 1953

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Julian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym Oldlen as a lyricist, was a Jewish-Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University. After Poland's return to independence in 1918, Tuwim co-founded the Skamander group of experimental poets with Antoni Słonimski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. He was a major figure in Polish literature, admired also for his contribution to children's literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julian Tuwim is the 2,191st most popular writer (down from 2,022nd in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from Poland (down from 458th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julian Tuwim ranks 2,191 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrey Kurkov, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Albert Cohen, Ai Qing, Sébastien Japrisot, and Raymond E. Feist. After him are Anton Bernolák, Sven Nordqvist, Christina Rossetti, Kuvempu, Lidia Zamenhof, and Izumi Shikibu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Julian Tuwim ranks 89. Before him are Meher Baba, Tivadar Soros, Thorleif Haug, Oskar Klein, Nedo Nadi, and Otto Wöhler. After him are Fritz Freitag, Friedrich Hossbach, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, René Fonck, Max Weinreich, and Jerzy Neyman. Among people deceased in 1953, Julian Tuwim ranks 61. Before him are Jim Lightbody, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Sergey Belyavsky, Elsa Beskow, and Albert Gleizes. After him are Francesco Saverio Nitti, Nikolaos Plastiras, Ernst Reuter, René Fonck, Chōjun Miyagi, and Karl Staaf.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Julian Tuwim ranks 481 out of 1,694. Before him are Gerhard Klopfer (1905), Georg von der Marwitz (1856), Myer Prinstein (1878), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Leon Pinsker (1821), and Fritz von Below (1853). After him are Fritz Freitag (1894), Johann Schobert (1720), Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Izabella Scorupco (1970), Olga Boznańska (1865), and Peter Lindbergh (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Julian Tuwim ranks 42. Before him are I. L. Peretz (1852), Uri Orlev (1931), Maria Konopnicka (1842), Piotr Skarga (1536), Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868), and Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920). After him are Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812), Georg Heym (1887), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Stefania Wilczyńska (1886), and Maciej Stryjkowski (1547).

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