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Iakob Tsurtaveli

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Jacob of Tsurtavi (Georgian: იაკობ ცურტაველი, romanized: iak'ob tsurt'aveli) also known as Jacob the Priest (იაკობ ხუცესი, Iakob Khutsesi) was the 5th-century Georgian religious writer and priest from Tsurtavi, then the major town of Gogarene and the Lower Iberia. A personal priest of Saint Shushanik and an eyewitness of her martyrdom at the hand of her spouse, bidaxsh Varsken, Jacob compiled her life in his hagiographic novel the Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik, the oldest surviving work of the Georgian literature written between 476 and 483. Except for scarce information obtained from his work, nothing more is known about Jacob's life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Iakob Tsurtaveli is the 4,559th most popular writer (up from 4,943rd in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 207th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Georgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 4,559 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Shmelyov, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Alan Paton, Gudrun Pausewang, Sophia Parnok, and Alfhild Agrell. After him are Gordon Willis, Nísia Floresta, Enric Valor i Vives, Anita Loos, Ladislav Mňačko, and Sue Grafton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 58. Before him are Oisc of Kent, Peter the Patrician, Marcia Euphemia, Sittas, Arator, and Illus. After him are Octa of Kent, Borzuya, John of Cappadocia, Arnobius the Younger, Wehha of East Anglia, and Zenonis.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 194 out of 406. Before him are Merab Ninidze (1965), Otar Chiladze (1933), Mikhail Tskhakaya (1865), Keto Losaberidze (1949), Kote Marjanishvili (1872), and Genrikh Kasparyan (1910). After him are Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Alexander P. de Seversky (1894), Gurgen Dalibaltayan (1926), Shota Chochishvili (1950), and Irakli Garibashvili (1982).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Iakob Tsurtaveli ranks 28. Before him are Irakli Abashidze (1909), Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), Davit Guramishvili (1705), Titsian Tabidze (1895), Besiki (1750), and Otar Chiladze (1933). After him are Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851), Miho Mosulishvili (1962), Abdulla Shaig (1881), Giorgi Leonidze (1899), Ghazaros Aghayan (1840), and Tamara Gverdtsiteli (1962).

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