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Leszek Engelking

1955 - 2022

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Leszek Maria Engelking (2 February 1955 – 22 October 2022) was a Polish poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, literary critic, essayist, Polish philologist, and literary academic, scholar, and lecturer. Engelking translated a vast amount of literature into Polish, from Spanish, English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovak but in particular from Czech. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leszek Engelking is the 4,589th most popular writer (up from 5,992nd in 2019), the 950th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,195th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Polish Writer.

Leszek Engelking was a Polish poet and literary critic who is most famous for his poetry, which often dealt with themes of love, loss, and the passage of time. He was a prominent figure in the Polish literary scene and was known for his elegant and precise use of language.

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Among writers, Leszek Engelking ranks 4,589 out of 7,302. Before him are Werner Bergengruen, Yun Seondo, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Bruno Frank, Vincenzo Monti, and John D. MacDonald. After him are Mykola Kulish, George Moore, Yury Trifonov, Pelagonius, Sotades, and Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak.

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Among people born in 1955, Leszek Engelking ranks 282. Before him are Mark Boone Junior, Peter Fleming, Saeb Erekat, Edinho, Hippolyte Girardot, and Kang Kyung-wha. After him are Robert Richardson, Bruno Pezzey, Irina Khakamada, Lee Smolin, Steven Culp, and Petr Aven. Among people deceased in 2022, Leszek Engelking ranks 356. Before him are David Cox, Andrei Sukhovetsky, Christiane Hörbiger, Mark Lanegan, Bob Falkenburg, and Benjamin Kogo. After him are George Woods, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Guy Lafleur, André Wilms, Louie Anderson, and Hudson Austin.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leszek Engelking ranks 950 out of 1,694. Before him are Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), Frederick Jagiellon (1468), O. E. Hasse (1903), Władysław Tatarkiewicz (1886), Paul Gordan (1837), and Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (1861). After him are Andrew Golota (1968), Moritz Pasch (1843), Otto Toeplitz (1881), Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884), Klausjürgen Wussow (1929), and Helga Haase (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Leszek Engelking ranks 114. Before him are Łukasz Górnicki (1527), Hanna Krall (1935), Martin Gray (1922), Michalina Wisłocka (1921), Adam Asnyk (1838), and Bolesław Leśmian (1877). After him are Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621), Marek Hłasko (1934), Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891), Jan Chryzostom Pasek (1636), Klabund (1890), and Arkady Fiedler (1894).

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