Shota Rustaveli Prize

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The Shota Rustaveli State Prize (created in 1965[http://www.culture.gov.ge/News/კონკურსი-შოთა-რუსთაველის-სახელობისა-და-საქართველოს.aspx საქართველოს კულტურისა და ძეგლთა დაცვის სამინისტრო][https://www.livelib.ru/author/13287 Шота Руставели – биография, книги, отзывы, цитаты]) 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), Irakli Abashidze (poet) and Lado Gudiashvili (painter) in 1965.{{cn|date=March 2018}} Other recipients of the Prize: Mikola Bazhan (Ukrainian poet), Sergo Kobuladze (painter), Irakli Ochiauri (sculptor), Sergo Zakariadze (actor), Nino Ramishvili (dancer), Iliko Sukhishvili (dancer), Ramaz Chkhikvadze (actor), Guram Pataraia (producer), Tengiz Abuladze (producer), Mukhran Machavariani (poet), Tamaz Chiladze (poet), Chabua Amirejibi (novelist), Levan Tsutskiridze (painter), etc.{{cn|date=March 2018}}