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| Author | Vazha-Pshavela |
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| Original title | სტუმარ-მასპინძელი |
| Language | Georgian |
| Genre | Epic poem |
Publication date | 1893 |
Host and Guest (Georgian: სტუმარ-მასპინძელი, St’umar-Masp’indzeli) is an epic poem by the Georgian poet, writer and philosopher Vazha-Pshavela. The poem was first published in 1893 in Tbilisi, and it is considered to be the "masterpiece of the Georgian literature". It is compulsory reading in Georgian schools. A film based on the poem was made in 1967 by Tengiz Abuladze.