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Maria Janion

1926 - 2020

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Maria Janion (24 December 1926 – 23 August 2020) was a Polish scholar, literary theorist and critic, as well as a feminist. She was a professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, specialising in literary Romanticism. Janion was also a member of the Polish Academy of Learning. She held an honorary degree from Gdańsk University. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Janion is the 5,953rd most popular writer (up from 6,029th in 2019), the 1,191st most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,203rd in 2019) and the 147th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maria Janion ranks 5,953 out of 7,302. Before her are Naomi Wolf, Judy Blume, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Phil Donahue, Iris Chang, and Anna J. Cooper. After her are Parveen Shakir, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Kåre Holt, Roger Foulon, Florian Zeller, and John Gardner.

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Among people born in 1926, Maria Janion ranks 457. Before her are Richard DeVos, Manorama, Katie Boyle, Zena Marshall, Ralph Abernathy, and Shohachi Ishii. After her are John Gardner, Anthony Shaffer, Jimmy Heath, Rashidi Kawawa, Elemér Szathmáry, and Tom Tryon. Among people deceased in 2020, Maria Janion ranks 647. Before her are Johnny Mandel, Leonid Potapov, Antonina Ryzhova, Tony Dunne, Constand Viljoen, and Óscar Chávez. After her are Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, Pelle Svensson, Tom Seaver, Owen Arthur, Rajko Đurić, and Harold Budd.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Maria Janion ranks 1,191 out of 1,694. Before her are Joanna Hoffman (1955), Edyta Górniak (1972), Henryk Iwaniec (1947), Franciszek Gągor (1951), Meinhard Nehmer (1941), and Józef Zapędzki (1929). After her are Friedrich Scherfke (1909), Zbigniew Gut (1949), Tomasz Stankiewicz (1902), Teodor Kocerka (1927), Lesław Ćmikiewicz (1948), and Saliamonas Banaitis (1866).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Maria Janion ranks 147. Before her are Julia Hartwig (1921), Jan Lechoń (1899), Paul Mattick (1904), Lina Morgenstern (1830), Antoni Słonimski (1895), and Ewa Lipska (1945). After her are Leon Kruczkowski (1900), Peter Hacks (1928), Stanisław Barańczak (1946), Andrzej Stasiuk (1960), Paweł Huelle (1957), and Jacek Dukaj (1974).

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