Paata Shamugia
Born in 1983, Paata Shamugia is a contemporary Georgian poet.
The author became known to the wide circle of readers due to his book ANTI-TKAOSANI (a word play on the famous medieval epic THE KNIGHT IN PANTHER’S SKIN), which provoked much controversy. Three years later, in 2010 he published his poetry collection ADVANTAGE, which immediately attracted attention.
In 2011 Paata Shamugia received SABA Prize for the best collection of poems (THE UNSETTLED). In 2012 the magazine Hot Chocolate named him the Person of the Year.
Intelekti has published SCHIZOSOCIETY, the collection of his most recent poems. His poetry is translated into the English, Russian, French, Turkish and German languages.