# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laza-kostic
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:20:57.073Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laza-kostic"
name: "Laza Kostić"
slug: "laza-kostic"
description: "Lazar Kostić was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, aesthetician, journalist, publicist, and politician. He 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."
tagline: "Serbian writer and politician (1841–1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laza_Kosti%C4%87_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1841-02-12"
deathDate: "1910-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.03
  momentum:             2.022746582795474
  historical:           19.36857733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Laza Kostić"
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    title: "Лаза Костич"
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    title: "Костич, Лаза"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump