[1] Amirejibi's most famous novel and one of the best works in modern Georgian literature, Data Tutashkhia (დათა თუთაშხია, 1971-5), achieved sensational success for the magazine Tsiskari and fame for the writer himself.

Conceived during Amirejibi’s years in prison, it was only through the intervention of the contemporary Georgian Communist Party chief Eduard Shevardnadze that this substantial novel of over 700 pages passed the Soviet censors and was published.

The work follows the life of Tutashkhia as he spends years eluding capture by the Tsarist police, combining thrilling escapades with Dostoevskian dealings with the fate of an individual and national soul.

Therefore, it came as a real surprise in 1995 when Amirejibi published his next major novel, Gora Mborgali (გორა მბორგალი, literally meaning "frenzied" or "infuriating"), begun in 1978, and based on the author's experiences in Soviet prisons.

[4] Amirejibi briefly returned to politics in July 2009, when he joined the movement daitsavi sakartvelo ("Defend Georgia"), allied with the opposition to President Mikheil Saakashvili's government.