WRITER

Merab Kostava

1939 - 1989

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Merab Kostava (Georgian: მერაბ კოსტავა) (May 26, 1939 – October 13, 1989) was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Merab Kostava has received more than 66,069 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Merab Kostava is the 3,468th most popular writer (up from 4,187th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 156th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Georgian Writer.

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  • 58.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Merab Kostava ranks 3,468 out of 7,302. Before him are Bell hooks, Laurence Oliphant, Gioconda Belli, Carl Robert Jakobson, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, and H.D.. After him are Yu Kil-chun, Castor of Rhodes, Olena Pchilka, Johannes Ewald, Arnošt Lustig, and Octavia E. Butler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Merab Kostava ranks 262. Before him are Ekaterina Maximova, James Burton, Yuri Bezmenov, Viorica Viscopoleanu, Aleksandër Meksi, and Corin Redgrave. After him are Fahrudin Jusufi, Bulle Ogier, Norma Cappagli, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Bobby Hull, and Miroslav Cerar. Among people deceased in 1989, Merab Kostava ranks 142. Before him are Paul Shenar, Arsenie Boca, Uichiro Hatta, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Edoardo Amaldi, and José López Rega. After him are Alvin Ailey, Wilfrid Sellars, Donald Barthelme, Pavel Kurochkin, Kazimierz Sabbat, and Clyde Geronimi.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Merab Kostava ranks 139 out of 406. Before him are Mary Eristavi (1888), George the Hagiorite (1009), Leila Abashidze (1929), Zaur Kaloev (1931), Zurab Zhvania (1963), and Alexander Khatisian (1874). After him are Lev Knipper (1898), Nana Alexandria (1949), Zenobia of Armenia (100), Grigory Neujmin (1886), Bogdan Kobulov (1904), and Filipp Makharadze (1868).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Merab Kostava ranks 17. Before him are Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Nodar Dumbadze (1928), Roy Medvedev (1925), Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893), Kosta Khetagurov (1859), and George the Hagiorite (1009). After him are Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880), Irakli Abashidze (1909), Grigol Abashidze (1914), and Alexander Kazbegi (1848).

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