WRITER

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

1885 - 1939

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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Polish: [staˈɲiswaf iɡˈnatsɨ vʲitˈkʲɛvʲitʂ]; 24 February 1885 – 18 September 1939), commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer active before World War I and during the interwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz is the 1,676th most popular writer (down from 1,588th in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from Poland (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ranks 1,676 out of 7,302. Before him are Antonio de Nebrija, Miklós Zrínyi, Arnaldur Indriðason, Marcel Achard, Thoinot Arbeau, and Notker the Stammerer. After him are Dean Koontz, James Oliver Curwood, Akiyuki Nosaka, Vita Sackville-West, Varro Atacinus, and Lina Kostenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ranks 69. Before him are Friedrich Kellner, Alois Hudal, Per Albin Hansson, Jules Romains, Władysław Raczkiewicz, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are Sophie, Princess of Albania, Sydney Chaplin, Camille Chautemps, Jacques Feyder, Egon Kisch, and Lilly Reich. Among people deceased in 1939, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ranks 40. Before him are Ambroise Vollard, Otto Wels, Roman Dmowski, Gerardo Machado, Franz Schmidt, and Stanislav Kosior. After him are Vladimir Shukhov, Hans Langsdorff, Havelock Ellis, Hedwiga Rosenbaumová, Wu Peifu, and Armand Călinescu.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ranks 368 out of 1,694. Before him are Avraham Stern (1907), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Ewald Georg von Kleist (1700), Stanislav Kosior (1889), C. L. Gloger (1803), and Krzysztof Zanussi (1939). After him are Leszek II the Black (1241), Stanisław Koniecpolski (1591), Ludwig Gumplowicz (1838), Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863), Krystyna Janda (1952), and Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ranks 33. Before him are Jan Kochanowski (1530), Albert Barillé (1920), Sławomir Mrożek (1930), Martin Opitz (1597), Andreas Gryphius (1616), and Avraham Stern (1907). After him are Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), Izabela Czartoryska (1746), I. L. Peretz (1852), Uri Orlev (1931), Maria Konopnicka (1842), and Piotr Skarga (1536).

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