Vladimir (Lado) Asatiani (Georgian: ვლადიმერ [ლადო] ასათიანი) (14 January 1917 – 23 June 1943) was a Georgian poet. His poetic career, lasting only for seven years, made him one of the best-loved Georgian poets of the 20th century. Lado Asatiani was born in Kutaisi and graduated from that city's pedagogical institute in 1938. In 1939, Asatiani — ill of tuberculosis — was conscripted to the Soviet Red Army, but was soon dismissed because of his illness. He debuted in the Georgian press in 1936