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Witold Gombrowicz

1904 - 1969

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Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937, he published his first novel, Ferdydurke, which presented many of his usual themes: problems of immaturity and youth, creation of identity in interactions with others, and an ironic, critical examination of class roles in Polish society and culture. He gained fame only during the last years of his life, but is now considered one of the foremost figures of Polish literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Witold Gombrowicz is the 722nd most popular writer (down from 630th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Poland (down from 130th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Polish Writer.

Witold Gombrowicz is most famous for his novel "Trans-Atlantyk" and his play "The Marriage."

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Among writers, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 722 out of 7,302. Before him are Mihai Eminescu, Alejo Carpentier, Pierre Loti, Kassia, Marie de France, and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. After him are Pietro Bembo, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Tirso de Molina, Ed McBain, Columella, and Theodore the Studite.

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Among people born in 1904, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 33. Before him are Ernst Mayr, Hans Albert Einstein, Werner Forssmann, Alejo Carpentier, Gerhard Herzberg, and Hans Morgenthau. After him are Glenn Miller, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Luis Carrero Blanco, Antonín Novotný, Lucile Randon, and Gregory Bateson. Among people deceased in 1969, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 33. Before him are Vesto Slipher, Dominique Pire, Levi Eshkol, Otto Dix, Moïse Tshombe, and Arthur Friedenreich. After him are Sonja Henie, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Abdirashid Shermarke, Josef von Sternberg, Alexandra David-Néel, and Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 146 out of 1,694. Before him are Edward Sapir (1884), Anna Anderson (1896), Johann Gustav Droysen (1808), Bronisław Komorowski (1952), Alexander Bogdanov (1873), and Adolph Menzel (1815). After him are Albert Marth (1828), Géza I of Hungary (1040), Bolesław Bierut (1892), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Isabella Jagiellon (1519), and Hanna Schygulla (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Witold Gombrowicz ranks 13. Before him are Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Alfred Döblin (1878), Władysław Reymont (1867), Osip Mandelstam (1891), and Olga Tokarczuk (1962). After him are Christa Wolf (1929), Jan Potocki (1761), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Ernst Toller (1893), and Bolesław Prus (1847).

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