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Wacław Potocki

1621 - 1696

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Wacław Potocki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvat͡swaf pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; 1621–1696) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic), moralist, poet, and writer. He was the podczaszy of Kraków from 1678 to 1685. He is remembered as one of the most important Polish baroque artists. His most famous works are: Transakcja wojny chocimskiej (also known as Wojna chocimska or The Chocim War) and his collection of epigrams, Ogród fraszek (Garden of Rhymes). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wacław Potocki is the 5,225th most popular writer (up from 5,357th in 2019), the 1,062nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,072nd in 2019) and the 130th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wacław Potocki ranks 5,225 out of 7,302. Before him are Victoire Léodile Béra, Jeanette Winterson, Lukas Moodysson, Remco Campert, Dorji Wangmo, and Jenny Erpenbeck. After him are Charlotte Casiraghi, F. Sionil José, Nestor Kukolnik, José María de Pereda, Damon Knight, and Gilbert Adair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Wacław Potocki ranks 21. Before him are Jan Baptist Weenix, Matthew Locke, Andrew Marvell, Bohuslav Balbín, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. After him is Henry Vaughan. Among people deceased in 1696, Wacław Potocki ranks 17. Before him are Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, Jean Domat, Shi Lang, Louise Moillon, Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, and Jean Richer. After him is Gregório de Matos.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wacław Potocki ranks 1,062 out of 1,694. Before him are Ingrid van Bergen (1931), Bronisław Kaper (1902), Jadwiga Barańska (1935), Urszula Dudziak (1943), Anna Świrszczyńska (1909), and Oskar Kolberg (1814). After him are Heinrich Laube (1806), Kazimierz Prószyński (1875), Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (1929), Piotr Zieliński (1994), Alina Janowska (1923), and Jan Sztolcman (1854).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Wacław Potocki ranks 130. Before him are Igor Newerly (1903), Halina Poświatowska (1935), Jan Kasprowicz (1860), Anna Louisa Karsch (1722), Antoni Lange (1862), and Anna Świrszczyńska (1909). After him are Heinrich Laube (1806), Narcyza Żmichowska (1819), Willi Apel (1893), Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725), Jan Twardowski (1915), and Christoph Hein (1944).

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