Naira Gelashvili
| Naira Gelashvili | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 October 1947 Sighnaghi, Georgian SSR |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, Poet |
| Literary movement | Modernism, magical realism |
| Notable works | The Ambri, the Umbri and the Arab I am that One |
Naira Gelashvili (Georgian: ნაირა გელაშვილი) (born 28 October 1947) is a Georgian fiction writer, philologist, Germanist, and civil society activist.
Information
Gelashvili graduated from the Faculty of Western European Literature, Tbilisi State University, in 1970. She has published a series of stories and the novel dedis otakhi (დედის ოთახი; "The Mother’s Room", 1985). She is one of the most ardent followers of European existentialist prose in modern Georgian literature.[1][2] Gelashvili has also studied folklore of the Caucasian peoples and heads the cultural NGO The Caucasian House.[3]
Bibliography
Collections of Novels and Short Stories
- Mother’s Room (1987)
- Garden Lit by the Moon (1990)
- Tragic Gradation
- Hut of Dots
- Pieces of Mirror (2006)
- The Ambri, the Umbri and the Arab (1982)
- Short Stories
- I am that One (2012)
Poetic Collections
- About Peace, Sorrow and Consolation (Four poems, 1997)
- Time, Bread and Wine (A collection of verses, poems and songs, 2006)
Awards
- Literary Award “ Saba ” for the Best Novel of the Year “I am that One” (2013)
- Literary Award “Saba” for the Best Novel of the Year “The First Two Circles” (2013)
References
- ↑ (Georgian) Naira Gelashvili. Sulakauri Publishers. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
- ↑ (Russian) Iatashvili, Shota (2004), О медовом месяце мотылька и хлебе насущном. Фрагменты мозаики новой грузинской прозы (On the moth’s honeymoon and the daily bread. Fragments of the new Georgian prose mosaic.). Druzhba Narodov №3. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
- ↑ Galtung Johan (1997), Some observations of the Caucasus. Caucasian Regional Studies, Vol. 2, Issue 1. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
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