Shota Rustaveli Prize
The Shota Rustaveli State Prize is the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature. The first recipients of this prize were Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Irakli Abashidze and Lado Gudiashvili in 1965. Other recipients of the Prize: Mikola Bazhan, Sergo Kobuladze, Irakli Ochiauri, Sergo Zakariadze, Nino Ramishvili, Iliko Sukhishvili, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Guram Pataraia, Tengiz Abuladze, Mukhran Machavariani, Tamaz Chiladze, Chabua Amirejibi, Levan Tsutskiridze, etc.