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Stanisław Jerzy Lec

1909 - 1966

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Stanisław Jerzy Lec (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf ˈjɛʐɨ lɛts]; 6 March 1909 – 7 May 1966), born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet. Often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the most influential aphorists of the 20th century, known for lyric poetry and skeptical philosophical-moral aphorisms, often with a political subtext. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanisław Jerzy Lec is the 1,244th most popular writer (up from 1,285th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 175th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec is most famous for his novel, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

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Among writers, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 1,244 out of 7,302. Before him are Max Nordau, Charles Péguy, Achilles Tatius, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Jan Guillou, and Meng Haoran. After him are Thomas Mayne Reid, Daniil Kharms, Lao She, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Waris Dirie, and Léon Bloy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 49. Before him are Tokizo Ichihashi, Jessica Tandy, Hélder Câmara, Yiannis Ritsos, László Rajk, and Vicente Feola. After him are Marguerite Perey, Otto Kumm, Alexander Pechersky, Norberto Bobbio, Adib Shishakli, and Matt Busby. Among people deceased in 1966, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 47. Before him are Battista Farina, Gino Severini, Herbert Gille, Ludwig Binswanger, Elizabeth Arden, and Cléo de Mérode. After him are Lao She, Siegfried Kracauer, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Erwin Piscator, Jisaburō Ozawa, and Evelyn Waugh.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 163 out of 1,365. Before him are Boris Savinkov (1879), Eupraxia of Kiev (1071), Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842), Valentin Glushko (1908), Henryk Siemiradzki (1843), and Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873). After him are Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769), Shvarn (1230), Ida Rubinstein (1883), Ivan Sirko (1610), Alexander Pechersky (1909), and Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Stanisław Jerzy Lec ranks 28. Before him are Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Władysław Tarnowski (1836), Gregory Skovoroda (1722), Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), Juliusz Słowacki (1809), and Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873). After him are Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769), Vladimir Korolenko (1853), Lina Kostenko (1930), Adam Zagajewski (1945), David Burliuk (1882), and Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101).

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