1841 - 1910
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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Among writers, Laza Kostić ranks 3,654 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1870 - 1919
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 3,648
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 3,649
1895 - 1956
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 3,650
980 - 1037
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 3,651
1890 - 1980
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 3,652
1437 - 1497
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 3,653
1841 - 1910
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 3,654
1939 - 2014
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 3,655
1825 - 1884
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 3,656
1840 - 1908
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,657
1797 - 1846
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,658
1808 - 1871
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,659
1911 - 1946
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3,660
Among people born in 1841, Laza Kostić ranks 66. Before 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 61. Before 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.
1841 - 1920
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 60
1841 - 1871
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 61
1841 - 1917
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 62
1841 - 1903
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 63
1841 - 1912
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 64
1841 - 1914
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 65
1841 - 1910
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 66
1841 - 1902
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 67
1841 - 1935
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 68
1841 - 1910
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 69
1841 - 1896
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 70
1841 - 1918
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 71
1841 - 1914
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 72
1831 - 1910
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 55
1866 - 1910
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 56
1839 - 1910
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 57
1846 - 1910
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 58
1840 - 1910
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 59
1864 - 1910
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 60
1841 - 1910
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 61
1849 - 1910
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 62
1848 - 1910
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 63
1857 - 1910
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 64
1826 - 1910
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 65
1824 - 1910
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 66
1833 - 1910
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 67
Among people born in Serbia, Laza Kostić ranks 171 out of 564. Before 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).
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 165
1828 - 1899
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 166
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 167
1934 - 2013
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 168
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 169
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 170
1841 - 1910
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 171
1855 - 1906
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 172
1984 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 173
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 174
1979 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 175
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 176
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 177
Among writers born in Serbia, Laza Kostić ranks 14. Before 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).
1833 - 1904
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 8
1885 - 1936
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 9
1877 - 1958
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 10
1922 - 1991
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 11
1832 - 1878
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 12
1932 - 1986
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 13
1841 - 1910
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 14
1855 - 1906
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 15
1924 - 2003
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 16
1851 - 1891
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 17
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 18
1887 - 1919
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 19
1847 - 1908
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 20