Born in 1977, Lasha Bughadze is the author of numerous novels and plays which have been performed in Georgia as well as in many European cities over the last ten years. He cooperates with the Royal Court Theatre of London and actively participates in international projects, one of these projects was Literature Express Europe 2000.

Bughadze focuses his critical and ironic attention on relationships between the generations, and he describes situations in which people fall victim to their prejudices, fixed ideas or stereotypes. His works have been translated into English, German and Sweden languages. The author has received numerous literary awards and the first prize of the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition 2011 for The Navigator is among them.

Bughadze is a writer and presenter of literary programmes broadcast on radio and TV. Wellknown as an opera-lover and a talented cartoonist, he lives and works in Tbilisi.