Shota Rustaveli
1172 – 1216 · aged 44
Georgian poet
- Born
- 1172 · Rustavi
- Died
- 1216 · Jerusalem
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- 1172BornBorn in Rustavi
- 1216DiedDied in Jerusalem
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Biography
Shota Rustaveli (Georgian: შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – after c. 1220), known mononymously as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. Rustaveli was the author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin, a Georgian national epic poem.
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