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Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński

1874 - 1941

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Tadeusz Kamil Marcjan Żeleński (21 December 1874 – 4 July 1941), better known by his pen name Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński or simply as Boy, was a Polish stage writer, poet, critic and, above all, the translator of over 100 French literary classics into Polish. He was a pediatrician and gynecologist by profession. A notable personality in the Young Poland movement of c. 1890 to 1918, Boy was the enfant terrible of the Polish literary scene in the first half of the 20th century. He was murdered in July 1941 by invading German forces during what became known as the massacre of the Lwów professors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński is the 4,386th most popular writer (down from 4,227th in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from Poland (down from 879th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among writers, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński ranks 4,386 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Daninos, Sergei Mavrodi, Irving Wallace, Myriam Harry, Florian Ceynowa, and René Depestre. After him are Arturo Uslar Pietri, Felisberto Hernández, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Nagarjun, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Virginie Ancelot.

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Among people born in 1874, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński ranks 170. Before him are James Juvenal, Bunzō Hayata, Sténio Vincent, Carl Størmer, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, and Johannes Baumann. After him are André Gaudin, Penelope Delta, Arthur Meighen, Henri Deloge, Ernst Streeruwitz, and Albert Capellani. Among people deceased in 1941, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński ranks 148. Before him are Franciszek Kleeberg, Štefan Banič, Afife Jale, Hugo Strauß, Louis Brandeis, and Sueo Ōe. After him are Nikolai Gastello, Penelope Delta, Lev Dovator, Frederick Moloney, Fritz Noether, and Émile Nelligan.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński ranks 919 out of 1,694. Before him are Anna Dymna (1951), Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (1950), Ewa Demarczyk (1941), Friedrich von Adelung (1768), Florian Ceynowa (1817), and Karol Kurpiński (1785). After him are Marek Jędraszewski (1949), Karl von Holtei (1798), Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), Łukasz Górnicki (1527), and Leon Niemczyk (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński ranks 104. Before him are Agnieszka Osiecka (1936), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), Willibald Alexis (1798), Arno Holz (1863), Eva Kotchever (1891), and Florian Ceynowa (1817). After him are Karl von Holtei (1798), Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), Łukasz Górnicki (1527), Hanna Krall (1935), and Martin Gray (1922).

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