Aka Morchiladze

George Akhvlediani
Born	November 10, 1966 Tbilisi, Georgia
Pen name	Aka Morchiladze
Occupation	Novelist,
Literary movement	Postmodernism

Aka Morchiladze (Georgian: აკა მორჩილაძე) is the pen name of George Akhvlediani (გიორგი ახვლედიანი) (born November 10, 1966), a Georgian writer and literary historian who authored some of the best-selling prose of post-Soviet Georgian literature. Morchiladze’s work shows Georgian literature's reorientation in the early 21st century toward Western influences.

Born in Tbilisi, Morchiladze graduated in 1988 from the Department of History, Tbilisi State University, where he has since taught. In the early 1990s, he worked as a journalist for yellow papers and Rezonansi Daily. Now he is a freelance author and publishes essays and columns in numerous Georgian magazines and newspapers.

Books

• Dogs of Paliashvili Street (1995)
• Flight over Madatov Island and Back (1998)
• To Disappear on Madatov Island (2001)
• Whale on Madatov Island (2004)
• Witches of Christmas Eve (2001)
• A Trip to Karabakh (1992) (Made into A film)
• To Play a Patience in August (2001)
• The Other (2002)
• Christmas Night Witches (2002)
• Old Refugee Shop (2003)
• Santa Esperanza (2004)
• Mr Deaxley's Silent Box (2005)
• Maid in Tiflis (2007)
• Secret keeper's Belt (2008)
• Dream of Venus (2006)
• Paper Bullet (2004)

He won Major Georgian literary award SABA four times for Novel of The Year. Some of his novels were filmed and staged. he has two children anastasia and zurab

External links

• Once upon a time in Georgia: Sonja Zekri talks to Aka Morchiladze, author of "Santa Esperenza," one of the zaniest books of the season. Sign And Sight. 2006-12-13.
• James Hopkin takes a journey through Georgia's literary heritage
• 'It's carnage ...' Inside the genteel world of books.Carole Cadwalladr
• Die Siedler von Santa Esperanza, Elmar Krekeler