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Marcel Reich-Ranicki

1920 - 2013

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Marcel Reich-Ranicki (German: [maʁˈsɛl ˌʁaɪçʁaˈnɪtskiː]; 2 June 1920 – 18 September 2013) was a Polish-born German literary critic and member of the informal literary association Gruppe 47. He was regarded as one of the most influential contemporary literary critics in the field of German literature and has often been called Literaturpapst ("Pope of Literature") in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Reich-Ranicki is the 2,121st most popular writer (down from 2,029th in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Poland (down from 461st in 2019) and the 41st most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcel Reich-Ranicki ranks 2,121 out of 7,302. Before him are Niccolò de' Niccoli, Arthur Young, Kim Bu-sik, Fan Zhongyan, John W. Campbell, and Robin Sharma. After him are William Steig, Barbara von Krüdener, Albert Memmi, Eugenio Barba, Albert Gleizes, and Adnan Oktar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Marcel Reich-Ranicki ranks 128. Before him are Henry Heimlich, Ray Harryhausen, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Zhou Xuan, Renato Carosone, and Pierre Plantard. After him are Albert Memmi, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Saul Bass, Eva Dahlbeck, Miguel Delibes, and Henrietta Lacks. Among people deceased in 2013, Marcel Reich-Ranicki ranks 128. Before him are Dokka Umarov, Marta Eggerth, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nguyễn Khánh, Sergei Belov, and Alvin Lee. After him are Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Harry Reems, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Karen Black, and Jacques Vergès.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Marcel Reich-Ranicki ranks 467 out of 1,694. Before him are Gunther von Hagens (1945), Adalbert Krueger (1832), Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1797), Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (1943), Bezprym (987), and Zygmunt Berling (1896). After him are Kazys Grinius (1866), Aleksander Krupa (1947), Dita Parlo (1906), Walther von Lüttwitz (1859), Bronisław Huberman (1882), and Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Marcel Reich-Ranicki ranks 41. Before him are Izabela Czartoryska (1746), I. L. Peretz (1852), Uri Orlev (1931), Maria Konopnicka (1842), Piotr Skarga (1536), and Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868). After him are Julian Tuwim (1894), Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812), Georg Heym (1887), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), and Stefania Wilczyńska (1886).

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