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thumb|The tomb of Sayat Nova at the Saint George's Church, Tbilisi|Cathedral of Saint George in [[Old Tbilisi]]

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Sayat-Nova, born Arutin Sayadyan in 1712 in Tbilisi, was a male poet, composer, singer, and ashik. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Kartli and the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti. His works were written in Armenian, Georgian, Azerbaijani, and Persian. He is associated with the film The Color of Pomegranates, and his works are held in the collection of the Matenadaran.

He died on September 22, 1795, in Haghpat, Tbilisi, following capital punishment. He was buried at Saint George's Church. His musical instrument was the voice. Open Library lists twenty works by him, including Hayeren vratsʻeren ew adrbejaneren khagheri zhoghovatsow, Dagher, and Canzoniere di Sayath-Nova, trovatore armeno, 1712-1795.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1712
Died
1795
Works
20

Top works

  • Hayeren vratsʻeren ew adrbejaneren khagheri zhoghovatsow
  • Dagher
  • Hayeren khagheri liakatar zhoghovatsu
  • Shʹer
  • Canzoniere di Sayath-Nova, trovatore armeno, 1712-1795

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Film & TV

Crew · Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli [now Georgia]

Sayat-Nova (Armenian: Սայեաթ-Նովայ (сlassical), Սայաթ-Նովա (reformed); Georgian: საიათნოვა; Azerbaijani: سایات‌نووا; Persian: سایات‌نووا; born Harutyun Sayatyan; 14 June 1712 – 22 September 1795) was an Armenian poet, musician and ashugh, who had compositions in a number of languages.

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Bermuda
Active from
1712
Active to
1795
classic pop and rockfolk rockindie rockpop rocksinger-songwriter

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
95
Total plays
568

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sayat-Nova">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Writer.name
Sayat-NovaՍայաթ-Նովա
Writer.image
Sayat-Nova 1964.jpg
Writer.caption
Oil on canvas portrait of Sayat-Nova by Eduard Isabekyan (1964).
Writer.birth_name
Harutyun Sayatyan
Writer.birth_place
Tiflis, Kingdom of Kartli, Safavid Iran (present-day Georgia)
Writer.death_place
Haghpat, Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti, Qajar Iran (present-day Armenia)
Writer.occupation
Poet, ashugh
Writer.nationality
Armenian
Writer.spouse
Marmar Shahverdian

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Tbilisi
Place of death
Tbilisi
Occupation
ashik
Languages spoken
Persian
Instrument
voice
Official website
sayat-nova.am
Image
Rus Stamp Sayat Nova.jpg
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date of death
1795-11-22
date of birth
1712-00-00
Commons category
Sayat-Nova
place of burial
Saint George's Church
manner of death
capital punishment
Commons Creator page
Sayat-Nova
name in native language
سایات‌نووا
different from
Sayat-Nova
birth name
Արութին Սայադյան
has works in the collection
Matenadaran
writing language
Persian
Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Biography
  • Legacy
  • In popular culture
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

thumb|The tomb of Sayat Nova at the Saint George's Church, Tbilisi|Cathedral of Saint George in [[Old Tbilisi]]

Sayat-Nova (Armenian: Սայեաթ-Նովայ (сlassical), Սայաթ-Նովա (reformed); ; ; ; born Harutyun Sayatyan (); 14 June 1712 – 22 September 1795) was an Armenian poet, musician and ashugh, who had compositions in a number of languages.

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