Shota Rustaveli

Shota Rustaveli was a Georgian poet of the 12th century, and the greatest classic of Georgian secular literature. He is the author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin ("Vepkhistqaosani" in Georgian), the Georgian national epic poem. Little is known about life of the poet.^[1] He was a courtier of king^[2] Tamari.^[3]

"The Knight in the Panther's Skin" (the actual name is Vepkhistkaosani, which means The wearer of Tiger's Skin) has been translated into many languages. It was first printed in 1712, in Tbilisi (capital of Georgia). It consists of 1576 four line stanzas with monorhyme.^[4] That means all lines rhyme to each other. The lines are made up of sixteen syllables.^[5]

1. ↑ Shota Rustaveli at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
2. ↑ Shota Rustaveli and the Knight in the Panther's skin.
3. ↑ "St. Tamara, Queen of Georgia at Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese". Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
4. ↑ Shota Rustaveli - introduction.
5. ↑ Shairi or Rustavelian quatrain

• Georgian Literature by A. G. Baramidze, D. M. Gamezardashvili, University Press of the Pacific, Honolulu 2001, ISBN 0-89875-570-0.

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