Zakaria Paliashvili was born on August 16, 1871 in Kutaisi, Russian Empire [now Republic of Georgia]. He was a writer and composer, known for
Abesalom da Eteri (1967) and
Eteris simgera (1956). He was married to Julia Mikhailovna Utkina. He died on October 6, 1933 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia].