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Shota Rustaveli

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Rustavi, Kingdom of Georgia

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Poetry, Philosophy, Fiction

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Shota Rustaveli (Georgian: შოთა რუსთაველი) (born approx. c. 1160 – died after c. 1220), was a Georgian poet of the 12th century, and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. He is author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" (ვეფხისტყაოსანი, Vepkhistkaosani), the Georgian national epic poem.
Little, if anything, is known about Rustaveli from contemporary sources. His poem itself, namely the prologue, provides a clue to his identity: the poet identifies himself as "a certain Rustveli." "Rustveli" is not a surname, but a territorial epithet which can be interpreted as "of/from/holder of Rustavi." Later Georgian authors of the 15th–18th centuries are more informative: they are almost unanimous in identifying him as Shota Rustave ...more

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Average rating: 4.66 · 3,130 ratings · 181 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Knight in the Panther's Skin 4.66 avg rating — 3,074 ratings — published 1205 — 145 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ვეფხისტყაოსანი: გრაფიკული რომანი it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 26 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Aphorisms "The Knight in the Panther Skin" by Shota Rustaveli, Lyn Coffin (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	რუსთაველის აფორიზმები by Shota Rustaveli, Vachtang Kuprava (Contributor) 4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man in the Panther's Skin: A condensed prose retelling (Getting to Know Georgia) by Shota Rustaveli, Avtandil Arabuli, Geoffrey Gosby (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vepʻxis tqaosani / Sargis Kakabażis redakʻcʻiitʻ. 1913 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vepʻxistqaosani / Rustʻaveli, Šotʻa. 1918 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The man in the panther's skin;: A romantic epic, 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ONE IN THE TIGER’S SKIN by Shota Rustaveli, Mrs Ia Iashvili (editor), Mr Teimuraz Chanturishvili (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Витязь в тигровой шкуре [The Knight in the Panther's Skin] by Shota Rustaveli, Igor Yaschenko (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“That which we give makes us richer, that which is hoarded is lost”
― Shota Rustaveli, The Knight in the Panther's Skin

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“Know that a rose without thorns has never been plucked”
― Shota Rustaveli, The Knight in the Panther's Skin

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“Death finds his way unimpeded, be the path narrow or rocky”
― Shota Rustaveli, The Knight in the Panther's Skin

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