In 1957 he graduated from the historical faculty at Tbilisi State University.
His first stories, which were printed in the newspaper Tsiskari in 1957, brought him great success.
Rcheulishvili’s prose attracted readers by its style, dialogues, and ideas.
Guram Rcheulishvili’s works have been translated into German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Czech, and Russian.
He died in Gagra on August 23, 1960, at age 26 while saving an unknown Russian girl in a rough sea.