WRITER

Leon Kruczkowski

1900 - 1962

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Leon Kruczkowski (28 June 1900 – 1 August 1962) was a Polish writer, publicist and public figure. He wrote books and dramas and was prominent in Polish theatre of the post-World War II period. His best known work is the drama Niemcy ('The Germans'), written in 1949. A left-wing activist before World War II, Kruczkowski spent the war in German prisoner of war camps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Kruczkowski is the 5,988th most popular writer (down from 5,952nd in 2019), the 1,199th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,190th in 2019) and the 148th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leon Kruczkowski ranks 5,988 out of 7,302Before him are Roberto Orci, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Dan Houser, Antonia Fraser, and Guus Kuijer. After him are Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Jenna Bush Hager, Benny Andersen, Christian Kracht, Fareed Zakaria, and György Bessenyei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Leon Kruczkowski ranks 303Before him are Gertrude Mary Cox, Pedro Ochoa, Beatrix Loughran, John McEwen, Jorge Sarmiento, and Giovanni De Prà. After him are Bernabé Rivera, Samuel King Allison, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Martita Hunt, André Dhôtel, and Horatio Fitch. Among people deceased in 1962, Leon Kruczkowski ranks 210Before him are Charles Reisner, Benny Paret, Robert S. Woodworth, Arseny Golovko, Solomon Linda, and Bjørn Rasmussen. After him are Josiah McCracken, Jean Brichaut, R. H. Tawney, Robinson Jeffers, Frank Amyot, and Emmanuil Kazakevich.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leon Kruczkowski ranks 1,199 out of 1,694Before him are Zbigniew Gut (1949), Tomasz Stankiewicz (1902), Teodor Kocerka (1927), Lesław Ćmikiewicz (1948), Saliamonas Banaitis (1866), and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (1950). After him are Kamil Glik (1988), Heinrich Albertz (1915), Kazimierz Kmiecik (1951), Walter Migula (1863), Agata Buzek (1976), and Aleksei Guskov (1958).

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Leon Kruczkowski ranks 148Before him are Jan Lechoń (1899), Paul Mattick (1904), Lina Morgenstern (1830), Antoni Słonimski (1895), Ewa Lipska (1945), and Maria Janion (1926). After him are Peter Hacks (1928), Stanisław Barańczak (1946), Andrzej Stasiuk (1960), Paweł Huelle (1957), Jacek Dukaj (1974), and Szczepan Sadurski (1965).