Besiki
ბესიკი Besiki | |
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| Born | 1750 Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli |
| Died | 25 January 1791 Iași, Romania |
| Occupation | poet, thinker, diplomat |
| Nationality | Georgian |
| Period | Reign of King Heraclius II |
| Genre | poetry |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
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Besarion Zakarias dze Gabashvili (
Life
Besiki was born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital. He belonged to a noble family, which claimed descent from the ancient city of Gibeon (Georgian: Gabaoni) in Palestine. The poet himself frequently used the surname Gabaoni, a variant of Gabashvili.[1]
Besiki's father, Zakaria, was a
Poetry
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Due to Besiki’s turbulent life and permanent travels abroad, many of his manuscripts were irretrievably lost. He died unpublished, but hundreds of manuscript copies circulated for decades after his death; the titles and notes to many poems may be inventions of amateur copyists.[2]
Besiki's diverse poetic legacy is notable for its sheer musicality and spontaneity.
See also
References
- ^ Leonidze, Giorgi (1942). "გაბაშვილები" [The Gabashvili]. Literaturis Matiane. 3–4. Georgian: 366.
- ^ ISBN 0-7007-1163-5.
- ^ Besiki statue opened in Romania TV Imedi
- ^ Mikaberidze, Alexander (2007). "Besiki (Bessarion Gabashvili)". Dictionary of Georgian National Biography Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
- ^ ISBN 0-89875-672-3.
- ^ ISBN 0-89875-570-0.
External links
- (in Georgian) A collection of Besiki’s poems. Georgian eBooks. National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.
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