The famous writer, public figure and academician Konstantine Gamsakhurdia made a great contribution to the development of Georgian philosophy, history, poetry and journalism.
He is the author of the novels "Dionysus' Smile" and "The Abduction of the Moon", the writer also translated into Georgian Dante's work “Divine Comedy" and poems by Walt Whitman. The memorial house-museum, opened in 1987, houses the writer's personal belongings, photographs of his life and work, and editions of his works in various languages.
The museum yard keeps the setting of traditional Megrelian rural life, and the house stands in the village of Dzveli Abasha, where the writer was born.


















