Gruzinsky-Bagrationi Petre

Petre Gruzinsky-Bagrationi (b. March 28, 1920, Tbilisi – d. August 13, 1984, Tbilisi) was a poet and playwright, Honored Artist of Georgia (1979). He was a direct descendant of the royal family of Bagrationi.

He graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Tbilisi State University (1941). He began his literary work in 1933. Initially wrote under the pseudonym Tamarashvili. He was arrested in 1945 for anti-Soviet poems.

His lyrical poems attracted the attention of many composers. He collaborated with composers: A. Balanchivadze, O. Taktakishvili, R. Laghidze, B. Kvernadze, O. Tevdoradze, S. Tsintsadze and others. Excellent songs were created from his poems — R. Laghidze's The Homeland Calls, Song about Tbilisi (written for the 1500^th anniversary of Tbilisi), G. Tsabadze's Hymn to Love, Sing Something To Me, Pray Wherever You Want, B. Kvernadze's Spring Has Come, O. Tevdoradze's Obelisks.

His poems were also used in Georgian films: Kind People, Bashi-Achuki, First Day, Last Day, Abezara, Funny Romance, What You've Seen, You Can't See Again, Mimino, Alarm and others.

Georgian films were based on the scripts of Gruzinsky-Bagrationi: Meeting in the Mountain, Rhythms of Georgia and Gift. He is the author of the librettos of a number of musical comedies, among which The Avenger, Beloved Nephew and others are noteworthy, as well as dramatic works (For Fear of Punishment, Accident at Sea, The Accused) and opera librettos.

He is buried in Mtskheta, in Svetitskhoveli Cathedral.