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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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vazha-Pshavela is the 2,709th most popular writer (down from 1,939th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 70th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Georgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 2,709 out of 7,302. Before him are Józef Czapski, Hella Haasse, Hildebert, Pierre Grimal, Peter Høeg, and Theodorus Gaza. After him are Francisco Ayala, Mihail Sebastian, Anna Sewell, Yi Kwang-su, Josef Jungmann, and Dorothea von Schlegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 70. Before him are Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Richard Sears, Hermann Muthesius, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Nikolay Zelinsky, and Zinaida Yusupova. After him are Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, Emil Wiechert, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Kurt Hensel, Nasreddine Dinet, and James Mark Baldwin. Among people deceased in 1915, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 53. Before him are Akaki Tsereteli, Theodor Boveri, Józef Brandt, Pierre-Émile Martin, Walter Crane, and Otto Weddigen. After him are Inoue Kaoru, Richard Lydekker, Eugène Jansson, Serafino Vannutelli, Adolphe Pégoud, and Gabriel von Max.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 104 out of 406. Before him are Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Hovhannes Kajaznuni (1868), George V of Georgia (1286), Alexander Kazbegi (1848), Vyacheslav Ivankov (1940), and Vasil Mzhavanadze (1902). After him are Nana Alexandria (1949), Lusine Zakaryan (1937), Roy Medvedev (1925), Vakhtang VI of Kartli (1675), Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia (1875), and Grigory Neujmin (1886).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Vazha-Pshavela ranks 12. Before him are Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), Nodar Dumbadze (1928), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), and Alexander Kazbegi (1848). After him are Roy Medvedev (1925), Grigol Abashidze (1914), Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893), Kosta Khetagurov (1859), Galaktion Tabidze (1891), and Teimuraz II of Kakheti (1700).

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