WRITER

Ilia Chavchavadze

1837 - 1907

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Prince Ilia Chavchavadze (Georgian: ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 27 October 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian public figure, journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the second half of the 19th century and ensured the survival of the Georgian language, literature, and culture during the last decades of Tsarist rule. He is Georgia's "most universally revered hero" and is regarded as the "Father of the Nation." He was a leader of contemporary youth intellectual movement named "Tergdaleulebi". They spread modern and European liberal ideals in Georgia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilia Chavchavadze has received more than 231,457 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Ilia Chavchavadze is the 1,068th most popular writer (up from 1,141st in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 31st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Georgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ilia Chavchavadze ranks 1,068 out of 7,302. Before him are Titus Pomponius Atticus, Egeria, Ernst Toller, Valerie Solanas, Sonia Rykiel, and Madeleine de Scudéry. After him are Diana Wynne Jones, Dionysius Thrax, Robert Graves, Elsa Morante, Nikolai Leskov, and Georg Kaiser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Ilia Chavchavadze ranks 21. Before him are Ivan Kramskoi, Paul Morphy, Vasil Levski, John Newlands, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Georges Ernest Boulanger. After him are Queen Cheorin, Rosalía de Castro, Émile Waldteufel, Francis, Duke of Teck, Empress Dowager Ci'an, and Vasily Radlov. Among people deceased in 1907, Ilia Chavchavadze ranks 22. Before him are Jean Casimir-Perier, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kato Svanidze, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Paula Modersohn-Becker, and Marcellin Berthelot. After him are Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Léo Taxil, Franz Sacher, Qiu Jin, William Henry Perkin, and Henry Steel Olcott.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Ilia Chavchavadze ranks 34 out of 406. Before him are Bagrat III of Georgia (960), Victor Ambartsumian (1908), Vakhtang I of Iberia (440), Nicholas Marr (1864), Stepan Shaumian (1878), and Besarion Jughashvili (1850). After him are Heraclius II of Georgia (1720), Murad Bey (1750), Roustam Raza (1783), Rashid Behbudov (1915), Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866), and Mihrişah Sultan (1745).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Ilia Chavchavadze ranks 4. Before him are Shota Rustaveli (1172), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), and Sayat-Nova (1712). After him are Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), Boris Akunin (1956), Vazha-Pshavela (1861), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858), Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), and Nodar Dumbadze (1928).

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