# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merab-kostava
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:49:10.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merab-kostava"
name: "Merab Kostava"
slug: "merab-kostava"
description: "Merab Ivanes dze Kostava 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."
tagline: "Georigan musician and poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merab-kostava.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-05-26"
deathDate: "1989-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.41440217391304
  historical:           16.92185466666666
  currentAttention:     4.04
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump