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Martin Opitz

1597 - 1639

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Martin Opitz von Boberfeld (23 December 1597 – 20 August 1639) was a German poet, regarded as the greatest of that nation during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Opitz is the 1,573rd most popular writer (up from 1,667th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Poland (up from 370th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Opitz ranks 1,573 out of 7,302. Before him are Gottfried August Bürger, Hermann Bahr, Lord Alfred Douglas, Namdev, Solomon Northup, and Usama ibn Munqidh. After him are Stig Dagerman, Remy de Gourmont, Neil Gaiman, Elisabeth of Schönau, Thomas Chatterton, and Ueda Akinari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, Martin Opitz ranks 7. Before him are Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Francesco Barberini, and Giovanni Battista Hodierna. After him are Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Justus Sustermans, François Duquesnoy, Luigi Rossi, and Johann Liss. Among people deceased in 1639, Martin Opitz ranks 8. Before him are Tommaso Campanella, Orazio Gentileschi, Martin de Porres, Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, and Roelant Savery. After him are Stefano Landi, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Augusta of Denmark, John Ford, Johannes Meursius, and Chen Jiru.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Martin Opitz ranks 349 out of 1,694. Before him are Kurt Schumacher (1895), Hans Jeschonnek (1899), Alfred Flatow (1869), Wojciech Szczęsny (1990), Moïse Kisling (1891), and Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797). After him are Hugo Steinhaus (1887), Chaïm Perelman (1912), Lukas Podolski (1985), Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699), Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911), and Muazzez Sultan (1628).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Martin Opitz ranks 30. Before him are Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), Jan Długosz (1415), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), Jan Kochanowski (1530), Albert Barillé (1920), and Sławomir Mrożek (1930). After him are Andreas Gryphius (1616), Avraham Stern (1907), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), Izabela Czartoryska (1746), and I. L. Peretz (1852).

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