[citation needed] He graduated from Georgia Technical University in 1956 and soon after began work at the Rustavi Metallurgical Plant.

[3] In 1964 Guram Panjikidze's first short stories - Sunset, Rashida and A Snowy Day - were published, followed by his first novel, The Seventh Sky, which appeared in Tsiskari magazine and was immediately successful in his country.

It was followed by the novels The Precious Gem and The Year of the Active Sun (აქტიური მზის წელიწადი), a work that would win the Shota Rustaveli state award in 1979.

[1] Of a very different nature is his novel The Devil's Wheel (ეშმაკის ბორბალი, 1994 ), which tells the story of Archil Gordeli, whose family was the victim of Soviet repression.

[5] The main characteristic of Panjikidze's texts is their dry, technocratic and laconic style, which coincides with and describes the world of alienated characters with technical professions who generally live in large cities.