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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. Kostić also wrote an introduction of Shakespeare's works to Serbian culture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laza Kostić is the 3,095th most popular writer (up from 3,743rd in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 198th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Serbian Writer.

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Among writers, Laza Kostić ranks 3,095 out of 7,302. Before him are Victoria Benedictsson, Can Xue, Breyten Breytenbach, Howard Fast, Alexey Troitsky, and John Edward Williams. After him are Johann Heinrich Voss, Mukaghali Makatayev, Fumiko Enchi, Francis Ponge, Alois Musil, and Johan Bojer.

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Among people born in 1841, Laza Kostić ranks 61. Before him are Vasily Klyuchevsky, Princess Marie of the Netherlands, Charles J. Guiteau, Carl Robert Jakobson, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, and Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales. After him are Eugen Dücker, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Carl Graebe, Paul Wallot, George Turner, and Karl Binding. Among people deceased in 1910, Laza Kostić ranks 57. Before him are Emmanuel Frémiet, Luo Yixiu, Winslow Homer, Gustave Moynier, Princess Marie of the Netherlands, and Hormuzd Rassam. After him are Edouard Van Beneden, Paolo Mantegazza, William Graham Sumner, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Jorge Chávez, and Édouard Colonne.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Laza Kostić ranks 167 out of 661. Before him are Dragan Kićanović (1953), Ana Ivanovic (1987), Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia (1447), Uroš Predić (1857), Petar of Serbia (870), and Ljubiša Broćić (1911). After him are Slavica Đukić Dejanović (1951), Paja Jovanović (1859), Slavoljub Muslin (1953), Josip Kuže (1952), Stojan Protić (1857), and Ljubomir Ljubojević (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Laza Kostić ranks 13. Before him are Charles Simic (1938), Desanka Maksimović (1898), Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Vasko Popa (1922), Đura Jakšić (1832), and Isidora Sekulić (1877). After him are Laza Lazarević (1851), Stevan Sremac (1855), Aleksandar Tišma (1924), Borisav Stanković (1876), Mika Antić (1932), and Milovan Glišić (1847).

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