WRITER

Besiki

1750 - 1791

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Besarion Zakarias dze Gabashvili (Georgian: ბესარიონ ზაქარიას ძე გაბაშვილი), commonly known by his pen name Besiki (Georgian: ბესიკი) (1750 – 25 January 1791), was a Georgian poet, politician and diplomat, known as an author of exquisite love songs and heroic odes as well as for his political and amorous adventures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Besiki has received more than 26,178 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Besiki is the 4,425th most popular writer (up from 4,467th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Georgian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 26k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Is America really so punitive?
Administration of Criminal justice
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Besiki ranks 4,425 out of 7,302. Before him are Eggert Ólafsson, Stanislas Julien, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Adrienne Clarkson, Félix María de Samaniego, and Norman Vincent Peale. After him are Friedebert Tuglas, Brian Herbert, Atiq Rahimi, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, and Archpoet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Besiki ranks 38. Before him are Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Ignacy Potocki, and Henry Knox. After him are Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Prince Frederick of Great Britain, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Aaron Arrowsmith, and John André. Among people deceased in 1791, Besiki ranks 12. Before him are Jacob Frank, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Ignaz von Born, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Joseph Gaertner, and João de Loureiro. After him are Francesca Lebrun, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Johan Andreas Murray, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Richard Price, and Catharine Macaulay.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Besiki ranks 192 out of 406. Before him are Vakhtang Chabukiani (1910), Otar Chiladze (1933), Mikhail Tskhakaya (1865), Edvard Mirzoyan (1921), Vakhtang III (1278), and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (2001). After him are Kote Marjanishvili (1872), Rafael Chimishkyan (1929), Anzor Kavazashvili (1940), Givi Javakhishvili (1912), Oleksii Arestovych (1975), and Fyodor Yurchikhin (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Besiki ranks 27. Before him are Irakli Abashidze (1909), Grigol Abashidze (1914), Alexander Kazbegi (1848), Davit Guramishvili (1705), Titsian Tabidze (1895), and Otar Chiladze (1933). After him are Abdulla Shaig (1881), Iakob Tsurtaveli (500), Ghazaros Aghayan (1840), Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851), Giorgi Leonidze (1899), and Miho Mosulishvili (1962).

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