Shota Rustaveli, known mononymously 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.
- Occupation
- poet, Mechurchletukhutsesi, writer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Born
- 1172
- Died
- 1216
