Shota Rustaveli

Shota Rustaveli შოთა რუსთაველი
Fresco of Rustaveli in the Monastery of the Cross in Jerusalem
Born	Rustavi, Meskheti Kingdom of Georgia
Died	Jerusalem
Resting place	Monastery of the Cross Jerusalem (undisclosed)
Pen name	Rustveli Meskhetian poet
Occupation	poet, thinker, statesman, prince, treasurer
Language	Middle Georgian
Nationality	Georgian
Citizenship	Kingdom of Georgia
Alma mater	Gelati academy Ikalto academy Academy in Byzantine Empire
Period	Reign of Queen Tamar Georgian Golden Age
Genre	poetry, national epic
Notable works	The Knight in the Panther's Skin

Shota Rustaveli (Georgian: შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – after c. 1220),^[1] 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.