No category of readers can remain indifferent to him

Giorgi Lobzhanidze   |   September 3, 2024

No category of readers can remain indifferent to him [Paata Shamugia]. Some people - and mostly his peers or the younger generation - consider Paata as their idol, some people curse him and put a thousand unpleasant labels on him. They claim that he is a "freemason", "cosmopolitan", "blasphemous", "Traitor" and  kind of "non-traditional orientation".

Of these labels, the one that I personally think is a little closer to the truth is the poet's "non-traditional orientation", but, obviously, this does not mean any type of sexual orientation at all. Paata Shamugia is unconventional in relation to poetic traditions.

See professor Giorgi Lobzhanidze's full article in Georgian: https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/paata-shamugias-poeturi-orientatsia/25469814.html