Nikoloz Baratashvili

ნიკოლოზ ბარათაშვილი
Nikoloz Baratashvili
Born(1817-12-04)4 December 1817
Tiflis, Georgia Governorate, Russian Empire
Died21 October 1845(1845-10-21) (aged 27)
Ganja, Russian Empire
Resting placeMtatsminda Pantheon, Tbilisi
OccupationWriter, poet
NationalityGeorgian
Genrepoetry
Literary movementRomanticism
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Prince Nikoloz "Tato" Baratashvili (Georgian: ნიკოლოზ "ტატო" ბარათაშვილი; 4 December 1817 – 21 October 1845) was a Georgian poet. He was one of the first Georgians to marry modern nationalism with European Romanticism and to introduce "Europeanism" into Georgian literature. Due to his early death, Baratashvili left a relatively small literary heritage of fewer than forty short lyrics, one extended poem, and a few private letters, but he is nevertheless considered to be the high point of Georgian Romanticism.[1] He was referred to as the "Georgian Byron".[2][3]

  1. ^ Rayfield, p. 145.
  2. ^ Nechkina, Militsa Russia in the Nineteenth Century: Volume II of The History of Russia, Volume 1 p.449
  3. ^ Степанов, Теймураз Тбилиси, легенда и быль 1968