Shota Rustaveli Prize

This article is about the Georgian poet. For other uses of "Shota Rustaveli", see Shota Rustaveli (disambiguation).

The Shota Rustaveli State Prize (created in 1965[1][2]) is the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature. The first prize-winners of this prize were Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (writer),[3] Irakli Abashidze (poet) and Lado Gudiashvili (painter) in 1965.[3] Other recipients of the Prize: Mikola Bazhan (Ukrainian poet), Sergo Kobuladze (painter), Irakli Ochiauri (sculptor), Sergo Zakariadze (actor), Nino Ramishvili (dancer), Iliko Sukhishvili (dancer),[3] Ramaz Chkhikvadze (actor), Guram Pataraia (producer), Tengiz Abuladze (producer), Mukhran Machavariani (poet), Tamaz Chiladze (poet), Chabua Amirejibi (novelist), Levan Tsutskiridze (painter), etc.

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