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- Born
- October 27, 1914
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-02
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- 5.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2019-11-23
- 6.Stated in e-teatr.pl
- October 27, 1914
- Died
- December 22, 2001
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-05-02
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.“Kott, Jan (1914-2001)”wyborcza.pl/1,75410,617319.html
- 4.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2019-11-23
- 5.Stated in The Fine Art Archive DbRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 6.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- , December 23, 2001
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- December 22, 2001
- Birthplace
- Warsaw
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-15
- 2.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2019-11-23
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Warsaw
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-31
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Santa Monica
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- literary historian
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- , writer
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- , theatre critic
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- +6 more
- literary historian
- Employer
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- Polish
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in CONOR.SI
- , English
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-09-27
- Polish
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132 statements · 36% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-18
- male
- Name in native language
- Jan Kott pronunciation audio: LL-Q809 (pol)-Gower-Jan Kott.wav
- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Kott, Jan
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- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Kott, Jan
- Field of work
- literary criticism
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-09-27
- essay
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-09-27
- translating activity
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-09-27
- theater theory
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-09-27
- poetry
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-09-27
- history of literature
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2026-09-27
- literary criticism
On other databases
92 identifiers linking Jan Kott across the web's reference databases
- AbART person ID18109
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinejan-kott
- Awards & Winners artist ID05wd50w
- Babelio author ID48073
- BiblioNet author ID15078
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID126167331
- BIBSYS ID90073723
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