Ietim Gurji (Georgian: იეთიმ გურჯი, meaning "Georgian orphan" in Turkish, real name: Ietim Ibrahim Dabghishvili (Georgian: იეთიმ იბრაიმის ძე დაბღიშვილი), baptized as Harutyun Grigoryevich Aghajanov (Russian: Арутюн Григорьевич Агаджанов); 1875 in Tbilisi – 15 July 1940) was a Georgian poet. He wrote in Georgian, Armenian and Azeri languages. His poetry mainly was distributed orally, by songs, which he created and performed himself. Main motifs of his poetry were the lives of late 19th and early 20th century Old Tbilisi bohemians, along with workers, peasants and petite bourgeoisie.
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1875 Tbilisi, Georgia
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15 July 1940 (aged 65)
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