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Shota Rustaveli Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, – after c. 1220), 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 g ...

State Prize (created in 1965Шота Руставели – биография, книги, отзывы, цитаты
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in the fields of art and literature. The first prize-winners of this prize were

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia Konstantine Gamsakhurdia ( ka, კონსტანტინე გამსახურდია, tr) (May 3, 1893 – July 17, 1975) was a Georgians, Georgian writer and public figure. Educated and first published in Germany, he married West ...

(writer),

Irakli Abashidze Irakli Abashidze ( ka, ირაკლი აბაშიძე; ; 10 September 1909 – 14 January 1992) was a Georgia (country), Georgian poet, literary scholar and politician. Abashidze was born in Khoni, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire. He ...

(poet) and Lado Gudiashvili (painter) in 1965. Other recipients of the Prize: Mikola Bazhan (Ukrainian poet),

Sergo Kobuladze Sergo Kobuladze ( ka, სერგო ქობულაძე; February 7, 1909 – July 22, 1978) was a Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental co ...

(painter),

Irakli Ochiauri Irakli Ochiauri ( ka, ირაკლი ოჩიაური, ; November 20, 1924 – December 4, 2015) was a Georgia (country), Georgian painter and sculptor who was awarded the Shota Rustaveli State Prize, the highest prize in Georgia in the ...

(sculptor),

Sergo Zakariadze Sergo Zakariadze ( ka, სერგო ზაქარიაძე ; – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet and Georgian stage and film actor and pedagogue. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1958. Zakariadze was b ...

(actor), Nino Ramishvili (dancer), Iliko Sukhishvili (dancer), Ramaz Chkhikvadze (actor), Guram Pataraia (producer),

Tengiz Abuladze Tengiz Evgenis dze Abuladze, romanized: (31 January 19246 March 1994) was a Georgian film director, screenwriter, theatre teacher and People's Artist of the USSR. He is regarded as one of the best Soviet directors. Biography Abuladze studie ...

(producer), Mukhran Machavariani (poet), Tamaz Chiladze (poet),

Chabua Amirejibi Mzechabuk "Chabua" Amirejibi, (often written as "Amiredjibi", ka, მზეჭაბუკ "ჭაბუა" ამირეჯიბი; 18 November 1921 – 12 December 2013) was a Georgian novelist and Soviet-era dissident notable for his ma ...

(novelist), Levan Tsutskiridze (painter), etc.

References

Literary awards of Georgia (country) Awards established in 1965 * {{Georgia-stub