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.Shota Rustaveli at Encyclopaedia Britannica. He was a courtier of kingShota Rustaveli and the Knight in the Panther's skin. Tamari.

 His work 
"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.Shota Rustaveli - introduction. That means all lines rhyme to each other. The lines are made up of sixteen syllables.Shairi or Rustavelian quatrain

 References 

 Bibliography 
 Georgian Literature by A. G. Baramidze, D. M. Gamezardashvili, University Press of the Pacific, Honolulu 2001, .

 Other websites 

 The Man in the Panther's Skin: full text of M. Wardrop's English translation.
 Shota Rustaveli. "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" (Fragments in English). 

Category:12th-century poems
Category:Poets from Georgia (country)
Category:1172 births
Category:1216 deaths
Category:Writers from Georgia (country)