Leo Kiacheli

Leon Shengelaia
Native name	ლეო ქიაჩელი
Born	February 19, 1884 Obuji, Tsalenjikha Municipality, Georgia
Died	December 1963 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Pen name	Leo Kiacheli
Occupation	Novelist, Short story writer, Journalist
Language	Georgian
Period	1909-1963
Genre	Realism
Literary movement	Socialist realism
Notable works	Haki Adzba(1933) Gvadi Bigva(1936)

Leo Kiacheli (Georgian: ლეო ქიაჩელი) (born Leon Shengelaia; February 7/February 19, 1884 - December 19, 1963, Tbilisi) was a Georgian novelist, short story writer, and journalist. He is noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba.

Major works

Novels and novellas

• Tariel Golua (1916)
• Almazgir Kibulan (1925)
• Blood (1926—1927)
• Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya) (1927)
• Haki Adzba (1933)
• Gvadi Bigva (1936—1937)
• Man of Mountain (1948)