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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. Along with Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he led the dissident movement in Georgia against the Soviet Union and was active in protests for an independent Georgia, until his death in a car crash in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Merab Kostava is the 3,793rd most popular writer (down from 3,467th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Georgia (down from 139th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Georgian Writer.

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Among writers, Merab Kostava ranks 3,793 out of 7,302. Before him are Jules Janin, Cao Yu, Gunter d'Alquen, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Ranieri de' Calzabigi, and Auguste Barbier. After him are Donald Barthelme, Peter Mayle, Anton Delvig, Irakli Abashidze, Marianne Moore, and Laurens van der Post.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Merab Kostava ranks 288. Before him are Tetsuya Chiba, Carmen Salinas, Alberto Suárez Inda, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Alberto Festa, and Tom Thabane. After him are Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Janusz Gajos, Ljiljana Petrović, Charles Jencks, Peter Mayle, and Mike Castle. Among people deceased in 1989, Merab Kostava ranks 162. Before him are Edmund Leach, Kazimierz Sabbat, José López Rega, Inji Aflatoun, Clyde Geronimi, and Luiz Gonzaga. After him are Donald Barthelme, Hilmar Baunsgaard, Nikolai Grinko, Halina Konopacka, Arsenie Boca, and Veniamin Kaverin.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Merab Kostava ranks 152 out of 406. Before him are Pharasmanes II of Iberia (100), Lev Knipper (1898), Shota Arveladze (1973), Tengiz Kitovani (1938), Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880), and Gregory of Tatev (1346). After him are Irakli Abashidze (1909), Arnold Chikobava (1898), Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), Merab Mamardashvili (1930), Georgy Beriev (1903), and Dodo Abashidze (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Merab Kostava ranks 21. Before him are Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893), Kosta Khetagurov (1859), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), George the Hagiorite (1009), and Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880). After him are Irakli Abashidze (1909), Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), Davit Guramishvili (1705), Titsian Tabidze (1895), Besiki (1750), and Otar Chiladze (1933).

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