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Shota Rustaveli

1172 - 1216

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shota Rustaveli is the 236th most popular writer (up from 256th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Georgia and the most popular Georgian Writer.

Shotar Rustaveli is most famous for writing the epic poem "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" in the 11th century.

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Among writers, Shota Rustaveli ranks 236 out of 7,302. Before him are Pliny the Younger, Nelly Sachs, Ray Bradbury, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, J. D. Salinger, and Paul Heyse. After him are William Blake, Truman Capote, Lucian, Friedrich Schlegel, Juvenal, and Ferdowsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1172, Shota Rustaveli ranks 2. Before him is Baldwin I, Latin Emperor. After him are Aimery of Cyprus, Isabella I of Jerusalem, Bohemond IV of Antioch, Louis I, Count of Blois, and Abraham of Smolensk. Among people deceased in 1216, Shota Rustaveli ranks 3. Before him are John, King of England, and Pope Innocent III. After him are Henry of Flanders, Eric X of Sweden, Theodore II of Constantinople, Kamo no Chōmei, Ida, Countess of Boulogne, and Robert de Clari.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Shota Rustaveli ranks 6 out of 406. Before him are Joseph Stalin (1879), Darius the Great (-550), Attila (406), Aram Khachaturian (1903), and Eduard Shevardnadze (1928). After him are Tamar of Georgia (1166), Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Tigran Petrosian (1929), Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), and Sergei Parajanov (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Georgia

Among writers born in Georgia, Shota Rustaveli ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893), Sayat-Nova (1712), Ilia Chavchavadze (1837), Boris Akunin (1956), Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877), Nodar Dumbadze (1928), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858), Akaki Tsereteli (1840), Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817), Alexander Kazbegi (1848), and Vazha-Pshavela (1861).

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