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Łukasz Górnicki

1527 - 1603

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Łukasz Górnicki (1527 in Oświęcim – 22 July 1603 in Lipniki by Tykocin), was a Polish Renaissance, poet, humanist, political commentator as well as secretary and chancellor of king Sigismund Augustus of Poland. His family used Ogończyk coat of arms. He wrote a number of works both poetic and political. Górnicki is most famous for his Dworzanin Polski (The Polish Courtier), an adaptation of Baldassare Castiglione's Book of the Courtier (Il cortegiano). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Łukasz Górnicki is the 4,430th most popular writer (up from 4,624th in 2019), the 924th most popular biography from Poland (up from 945th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Łukasz Górnicki ranks 4,430 out of 7,302. Before him are James Salter, Connie Willis, Kim Myeong-sun, Lajos Kassák, Richard Steele, and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński. After him are Itō Noe, Arnulf Øverland, Yevgeny Petrov, Orhan Kemal, Gloria Fuertes, and Ippolito Nievo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Łukasz Górnicki ranks 20. Before him are Philippine Welser, Luca Cambiaso, Anna Sophia of Prussia, Hamida Banu Begum, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and Annibale Padovano. After him is Mikalojus Daukša. Among people deceased in 1603, Łukasz Górnicki ranks 21. Before him are Irina Godunova, Ostilio Ricci, Gulbadan Begum, Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Yemişçi Hasan Pasha, and Philippe de Monte.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Łukasz Górnicki ranks 924 out of 1,694. Before him are Karol Kurpiński (1785), Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874), Marek Jędraszewski (1949), Karl von Holtei (1798), Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616), and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905). After him are Leon Niemczyk (1923), Marie Rambert (1888), Zygmunt Gorazdowski (1845), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820), Hanna Krall (1935), and Konstantin Kalinin (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Łukasz Górnicki ranks 108. Before him are Eva Kotchever (1891), Florian Ceynowa (1817), Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874), Karl von Holtei (1798), Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616), and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905). After him are Hanna Krall (1935), Martin Gray (1922), Michalina Wisłocka (1921), Adam Asnyk (1838), Bolesław Leśmian (1877), and Leszek Engelking (1955).

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