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Also known as Shota Rustveli, Rustveli Shota, Rustaveli Shota, Meskhetian poet, Rustveli, Shot'ha Rust'avelli

Georgian poet

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Shota Rustaveli (1172–1216) was a male poet and writer from the Kingdom of Georgia. Born in Rustavi, he was educated at Gelati Monastery and wrote in the Georgian language. His primary genre was narrative poetry, with a work period spanning from 1200 to 1300. He is best known for the notable work *The Knight in the Panther's Skin*.

Rustaveli died in Jerusalem and was buried at the Monastery of the Holy Cross. His name in the native language is შოთა რუსთაველი. Various sources, including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, describe his life and contributions.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
active 12th century
Died
13th century.
Works
32

Top works

  • Viti͡az v tigrovoĭ shkure
  • Vepʻxistqaosnis xelnaceri lekʻsikonebi
  • Vitiazʹ v tigrovoi shkure
  • Der giber in der tiger-fel
  • Viti͡azʹ v tigrovoĭ shkure

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Georgia
Active from
1172
Active to
1216

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
22

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Shota Rustaveli, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Shota Rustaveli (Georgian: შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – after c. 1220), mononymously known simply 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.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shota Rustaveli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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