| Naira Gelashvili | |
|---|---|
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| Born | (1947-10-28) 28 October 1947 (age 77) 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 |
| Spouse | Giwi Margwelaschwili (1970-2020; his death) |
| Children | 1 |
Naira Gelashvili (Georgian: ნაირა გელაშვილი) (born 28 October 1947) is a Georgian fiction writer, philologist, Germanist, and civil society activist.
Life and career
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. Gelashvili has also studied folklore of the Caucasian peoples and heads the cultural NGO The Caucasian House.
Bibliography
Novels and short story collections
- Ich bin sie. Roman (translation from Georgian into German by Lia Wittek), Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95732-230-2
- Mother's Room (1987)
- The Moonlit Garden (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)
Poetry
- About Peace, Sorrow and Consolation (Four poems, 1997)
- Time, Bread and Wine (A collection of verses, poems and songs, 2006)
Awards
- Literary prize “Saba” for the best novel of the year for "I am That One" (2013)
- Literary prize “Saba” for the best novel of the year for “The First Two Circles and all the Others” (2010)
- Ilia Chavchavadze State Prize for Artistic Work
- Literary prize "Gala" for the best literary project for Rainer Maria Rilke (works in five volumes with commentaries) (2007)
- Prize of Austrian Ministry of Culture for translations of R. M. Rilke works (1999)
References
- (in Georgian) Naira Gelashvili. Sulakauri Publishers. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
- (in 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.
- ^ "book.gov.ge - Author - GELASHVILI NAIRA". book.gov.ge. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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