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Iakob Tsurtaveli

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Jacob of Tsurtavi (Georgian: იაკობ ცურტაველი, romanized: iak'ob tsurt'aveli) also known as Jacob the Priest (იაკობ ხუცესი, Iakob Khutsesi) was the 5th-century Georgian religious writer and priest from Tsurtavi, then the major town of Gogarene and the Lower Iberia. A personal priest of Saint Shushanik and an eyewitness of her martyrdom at the hand of her spouse, bidaxsh Varsken, Jacob compiled her life in his hagiographic novel the Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik, the oldest surviving work of the Georgian literature written between 476 and 483. Except for scarce information obtained from his work, nothing more is known about Jacob's life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Iakob Tsurtaveli is the 4,944th most popular writer (down from 4,570th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 179th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Georgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 4,944 out of 7,302. Before him are Anna Maria Lenngren, Francis Bebey, José Eduardo Agualusa, Greg Egan, Régine Deforges, and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim. After him are Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Amelia Edwards, Giovanni Berchet, Märta Tikkanen, Mira Lobe, and Mato Kósyk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 64. Before him are Borzuya, John of Cappadocia, Shudraka, Oisc of Kent, Wehha of East Anglia, and Mihirakula. After him are Eormenric of Kent, Octa of Kent, Fergus Mór, Zenonis, Comgall mac Domangairt, and Theodric of Bernicia.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 207 out of 406. Before him are Nikoloz Muskhelishvili (1891), Abdulla Shaig (1881), Ekvtime Takaishvili (1863), Georges Pitoëff (1884), Vano Muradeli (1908), and Arpenik Nalbandyan (1916). After him are Shota Chochishvili (1950), Merab Ninidze (1965), Dilara Aliyeva (1929), Mirian I of Iberia (null), Georgiy Gongadze (1969), and Givi Nodia (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 29. Before him are Alexander Kazbegi (1848), Davit Guramishvili (1705), Titsian Tabidze (1895), Otar Chiladze (1933), Besiki (1750), and Abdulla Shaig (1881). After him are Ghazaros Aghayan (1840), Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851), Giorgi Leonidze (1899), Miho Mosulishvili (1962), Tamara Gverdtsiteli (1962), and Nino Haratischwili (1983).

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