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Uri Orlev

1931 - 2022

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Uri Orlev (Hebrew: אורי אורלב; 24 February 1931 – 26 July 2022) born Jerzy Henryk Orłowski, was a Polish-born Israeli children's author and translator. He received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1996 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature", the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works in 1972 and the Bialik Prize for literature in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Uri Orlev is the 2,050th most popular writer (down from 1,891st in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from Poland (down from 428th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among writers, Uri Orlev ranks 2,050 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Choniates, George MacDonald, Eduard Uspensky, Herodas, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, and Jaume Cabré. After him are Eutychius of Alexandria, Vsevolod Garshin, Bernard Malamud, Eugene Nida, Nodar Dumbadze, and Aleksa Šantić.

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Among people born in 1931, Uri Orlev ranks 148. Before him are Seyni Kountché, Lars Hörmander, Don Walsh, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Claire Bloom, and Marianne Koch. After him are Peter Collins, Te Atairangikaahu, George Vassiliou, Magali Noël, John Milnor, and Franco Interlenghi. Among people deceased in 2022, Uri Orlev ranks 138. Before him are Just Jaeckin, Charles Greene, Shintaro Ishihara, Christos Sartzetakis, William Klein, and Anne Heche. After him are Jean-Jacques Beineix, Kay Parker, Joseph Kittinger, Juris Hartmanis, Luis Echeverría, and Hermann Nitsch.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Uri Orlev ranks 451 out of 1,694. Before him are Leszek the White (1186), Franz Neumann (1900), Mateusz Morawiecki (1968), Arthur Zimmermann (1864), Konrad von Jungingen (1355), and Ernst Niekisch (1889). After him are Anny Ondra (1903), Maria Konopnicka (1842), Paweł Pawlikowski (1957), Ewa Kopacz (1956), Gottfried Achenwall (1719), and Władysław III Spindleshanks (1165).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Uri Orlev ranks 37. Before him are Andreas Gryphius (1616), Avraham Stern (1907), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), Izabela Czartoryska (1746), and I. L. Peretz (1852). After him are Maria Konopnicka (1842), Piotr Skarga (1536), Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868), Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920), Julian Tuwim (1894), and Lidia Zamenhof (1904).

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