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Georgian-American writer and sculptor

George Papashvily (Georgian: გიორგი პაპაშვილი; August 23, 1898 – March 29, 1978) was a Georgian-American writer and sculptor.

He was one of the most famous Georgian (emigrants) artists of the 20th century.^[1]

Life

George Papashvily was the son of Vanno and Iamze Papashvily, who were farmers in the village of Kobiaantkari, Dusheti District, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of the modern Republic of Georgia, which was then under the rule of the House of Romanov.

According to his autobiographical first book, Papashvily apprenticed as a swordmaker and ornamental leatherworker. After serving as a sniper with the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, he returned to the newly independent Democratic Republic of Georgia.

Papashviliy fought in the Georgian Army under the command of General Giorgi Kvinitadze against the 1921 Red Army invasion and, after defeat on the battlefield and the Soviet annexation of his country