Zaal Samadashvili (Georgian: ზაალ სამადაშვილი) (born 3 October 1953) is a Georgian writer.
The biography
Zaal Samadashvili graduated from Tbilisi State University, where he studied mathematics.
He says: 'I wish each of us was not only proud of living in Tbilisi but I wish all of us had a desire and an opportunity to do as much as possible for the Capital. So that every single person could awake and deepen the responsibility towards the house, the street and the square where they live at present, where his ancestors had lived and where his descendants will live in future.'
Author of several full-length film scripts, he has published five collected stories. He is the chairman of the Tbilisi City Assembly.
Samadashvili initiated the Gala literary prize, which is awarded under the aegis of the Tbilisi City Assembly.