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Laza Kostić

1841 - 1910

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Lazar Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Костић; 12 February 1841 – 27 November 1910) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, aesthetician, journalist, publicist, and politician who is considered to be one of the greatest minds of Serbian literature. Kostić wrote around 150 lyrics, 20 epic poems, three dramas, one monograph, several essays, short stories, and a number of articles. Kostić promoted the study of English literature and together with Jovan Andrejević-Joles was one of the first to begin the systematic translation of the works of William Shakespeare into the Serbian language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laza Kostić has received more than 107,576 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Laza Kostić is the 3,654th most popular writer (down from 3,441st in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Serbia (down from 157th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Serbian Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 49.65

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Laza Kostić ranks 3,654 out of 5,755Before him are Amado Nervo, Hilary Mantel, Corrado Alvaro, Farrukhi Sistani, Katherine Anne Porter, and Filippo Buonaccorsi. After him are José Emilio Pacheco, Bernardo Guimarães, Abraham Goldfaden, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, and Amir Hamzah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Laza Kostić ranks 66Before him are John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Carl Tausig, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Tang Jingsong, Antonio Pacinotti, and Benedict Menni. After him are Andrejs Pumpurs, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., George Turner, Hugo Gyldén, Savva Mamontov, and John Murray. Among people deceased in 1910, Laza Kostić ranks 61Before him are Paolo Mantegazza, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Julius Petersen, Edouard Van Beneden, William Graham Sumner, and Vera Komissarzhevskaya. After him are Giovanni Passannante, Kurd Lasswitz, Knut Ångström, Gustave Moynier, Emmanuel Frémiet, and Fredrik von Otter.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Laza Kostić ranks 171 out of 564Before him are Dragiša Binić (1961), Mór Than (1828), Sylvester Levay (1945), Ružica Sokić (1934), Željko Joksimović (1972), and Dragan Kićanović (1953). After him are Stevan Sremac (1855), Branislav Ivanović (1984), Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (1961), Mateja Kežman (1979), Slavica Đukić Dejanović (1951), and Vladica Popović (1935).

Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Laza Kostić ranks 14Before him are Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Isidora Sekulić (1877), Vasko Popa (1922), Đura Jakšić (1832), and Mika Antić (1932). After him are Stevan Sremac (1855), Aleksandar Tišma (1924), Laza Lazarević (1851), Dušan Kovačević (1948), Géza Csáth (1887), and Milovan Glišić (1847).