Galaktion Tabidze was one of the greatest Georgian poets. A symbolist and loner who sadly killed himself in a mental hospital in Tbilisi in 1959, after he, but sadly not his wife and friends, avoided Stalin's purges. His funeral was attended by tens of thousands and as a national hero the Georgian church official forgave him the sin of suicide. Here is a youtube video someone has made about him...
If anyone knows where I can get his poetry in translation let me know...
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