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Mikheil Javakhishvili

1880 - 1937

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Mikheil Javakhishvili (Georgian: მიხეილ ჯავახიშვილი; birth surname: Adamashvili ადამაშვილი) (20 November 1880 – 30 September 1937) was a Georgian and Soviet novelist who is regarded as one of the top twentieth-century Georgian writers. His first story appeared in 1903, but then the writer lapsed into a long pause before returning to writing in the early 1920s. His recalcitrance to the Soviet ideological pressure cost him life: he was executed during the Great Purge and his writings were banned for nearly twenty years. In the words of the modern British scholar of Russian and Georgian literature, Donald Rayfield, "his vivid story-telling, straight in medias res, his buoyant humour, subtle irony, and moral courage merit comparison with those of Stendhal, Guy de Maupassant, and Émile Zola. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikheil Javakhishvili is the 3,753rd most popular writer (up from 3,892nd in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 163rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Georgian Writer.

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Among writers, Mikheil Javakhishvili ranks 3,753 out of 7,302. Before him are Teresa de Lauretis, Antonio Beccadelli, Maurice Paléologue, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Cotton Mather, and Vitsentzos Kornaros. After him are André Aciman, Peter Cheyney, Ella Maillart, Ryōtarō Shiba, Charles Malik, and Douglas Preston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Mikheil Javakhishvili ranks 127. Before him are Conrad Albrecht, Lajos Bíró, Carl Schuricht, Lipót Fejér, Dmitry Karbyshev, and Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside. After him are Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Dezső Földes, Hans Hofmann, Dorothea Köring, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, and Tom Mix. Among people deceased in 1937, Mikheil Javakhishvili ranks 116. Before him are Erkki Melartin, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Carlo Rosselli, Felix Hamrin, Ernst Hoppenberg, and Nathan Birnbaum. After him are Ilya Ilf, Peter Arshinov, Afonso Costa, Mykhailo Boychuk, Alexander Chervyakov, and Max Carl Wilhelm Weber.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Mikheil Javakhishvili ranks 150 out of 406. Before him are Nana Jorjadze (1948), Vakhushti of Kartli (1696), Pharasmanes II of Iberia (100), Lev Knipper (1898), Shota Arveladze (1973), and Tengiz Kitovani (1938). After him are Gregory of Tatev (1346), Merab Kostava (1939), Irakli Abashidze (1909), Arnold Chikobava (1898), Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), and Merab Mamardashvili (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Mikheil Javakhishvili ranks 20. Before him are Grigol Abashidze (1914), Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893), Kosta Khetagurov (1859), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700), and George the Hagiorite (1009). After him are Merab Kostava (1939), Irakli Abashidze (1909), Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658), Davit Guramishvili (1705), Titsian Tabidze (1895), and Besiki (1750).

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