WRITER

Vazha-Pshavela

1861 - 1915

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Vazha-Pshavela (Georgian: ვაჟა-ფშაველა), simply referred to as Vazha (Georgian: ვაჟა) (14 July 1861 – 10 July 1915), is the pen name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka Razikashvili (Georgian: ლუკა რაზიკაშვილი). "Vazha-Pshavela" literally means "a son of Pshavians" in Georgian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vazha-Pshavela has received more than 129,180 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Vazha-Pshavela is the 1,940th most popular writer (up from 1,985th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 71st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Georgian Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 1,940 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert James Waller, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Ko Un, Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, and José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell. After him are Avitus of Vienne, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Nicholas Sparks, André Brink, Constantine of Preslav, and Bernard Palissy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 53. Before him are Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Meir Dizengoff, John William Godward, Kadambini Ganguly, and Juhani Aho. After him are Motilal Nehru, Nellie Melba, Konstantin Korovin, Alexey Kaledin, James Mark Baldwin, and Charlie Soong. Among people deceased in 1915, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 37. Before him are Julius von Payer, I. L. Peretz, Oswald Külpe, Ankō Itosu, Hans Gross, and Theodor Leschetizky. After him are Mubarak Al-Sabah, Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, François Faber, Sandford Fleming, Anatoly Stessel, and Friedrich Loeffler.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 70 out of 406. Before him are Georgiy Daneliya (1930), Giorgi Saakadze (1570), Abaris the Hyperborean (null), Qaitbay (1416), Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (1869), and George V of Georgia (1286). After him are Ibrahim Bey (1735), Vakhtang VI of Kartli (1675), Aslan Abashidze (1938), Murtaz Khurtsilava (1943), Aslan Usoyan (1937), and Nikolay Chkheidze (1864).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 7. Before him are Shota Rustaveli (1172), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Sayat-Nova (1712), Ilia Chavchavadze (1837), Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), and Boris Akunin (1956). After him are Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858), Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Nodar Dumbadze (1928), and Roy Medvedev (1925).

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