The Shota Rustaveli

Shota Rustaveli

Shota Rustaveli was a Georgian poet of the 12th century, and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. He is author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" , the Georgian national epic poem....

 State Prize (created in 1965) is the highest prize awarded by Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 in the fields of art and literature. The first prize-winners of this prize were Konstantine Gamsakhurdia

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia was a Georgian writer and public figure, who, along with Mikheil Javakhishvili, is considered to be one of the most influential Georgian novelists of the 20th century...

 (writer), Irakli Abashidze

Irakli Abashidze

Irakli Abashidze was a Georgian poet, literary scholar and politician.Born in Khoni, Georgia , he graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1931 and attended the 1st Congress of the USSR Union of Writers, 1934, when socialist realism was laid down as the cultural orthodoxy...

 (poet) and Lado Gudiashvili

Lado Gudiashvili

Lado Gudiashvili was a 20th century Georgian painter. Gudiashvili was born in Tiflis on March 18 , 1896 into a family of a railroad employee. He studied in the Tiflis school of sculpture and fine art , and later in Ronson's private academy in Paris...

 (painter) in 1965. Other recipients of the Prize: Mikola Bazhan (Ukrainian poet), Sergo Kobuladze

Sergo Kobuladze

Sergo Kobuladze was a Georgian painter and illustrator. His style of illustrations was unique and influenced many artists afterwards.He was a rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts -External links:**...

 (painter), Irakli Ochiauri

Irakli Ochiauri

Irakli Ochiauri is a prominent Georgian painter and sculptor that holds the Shota Rustaveli State Prize, the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature....

 (sculptor), Sergo Zakariadze

Sergo Zakariadze

Sergo Zakariadze was a Georgian actor.Zakariadze was born in Baku, now in Azerbaijan. He won several prizes among them Best Actor honors at the Moscow International Film Festival for his portrayal of an aging peasant in Father of a Soldier...

 (actor), Nino Ramishvili (dancer), Iliko Sukhishvili (dancer), Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Ramaz Chkhikvadze was a Georgian film and theater actor. First appearing in the 1954 film "The Dragonfly" , he starred in over 60 films during his career....

 (actor), Guram Pataraia (producer), Tengiz Abuladze

Tengiz Abuladze

Tengiz Abuladze was a Georgian film director.Abuladze studied theatre direction at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia, and filmmaking at the VGIK in Moscow. He graduated VGIK in 1952 and in 1953 he joined Gruziya-film as a director...

 (producer), Mukhran Machavariani

Mukhran Machavariani

Mukhran Machavariani was a Georgian poet, a member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia from 1990 until 1992, and a recipient of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize of Georgia. From 1988 until 1990 he was the Chairman of the Union of Georgian Writers....

 (poet), Tamaz Chiladze

Tamaz Chiladze

Tamaz Chiladze , is a Georgian writer, dramatist and poet. He is the elder brother of a Georgian writer Otar Chiladze.-Biography:...

 (poet), Chabua Amirejibi

Chabua Amirejibi

Mzechabuk "Chabua" Amirejibi, is a Georgian novelist and Soviet-era dissident notable for his magnum opus, Data Tutashkhia, and a lengthy experience in Soviet prisons.- Early life and career :...

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