Guram Rcheulishvili

Guram Rcheulishvili გურამ რჩეულიშვილი
Born	July 4, 1934 Georgia, Tbilisi
Died	August 23, 1960 Georgia, Gagra
Resting place	Tbilisi, Vake Cemetery
Occupation	Writer
Language	Georgian language
Nationality	Georgian
Education	Tbilisi State University, Historical faculty
Period	1957-1960

Guram Rcheulishvili (Georgian: გურამ რჩეულიშვილი; born 4 July 1934, Georgia, Tbilisi ― died 23 August 1960, Georgia, Gagra)- Georgian writer.

Biography

Guram Rcheulishvili was born on July 4, 1934 in Tbilisi. In 1957 he graduated Tbilisi State University on historical faculty. His first stories, which were printed in newspaper “Tsiskari” in 1957, brought him a big success. In writer’s life, only see of his works were published. His collected works “Salamura” were published after his death, in 1961. Rcheulishvili’s prose attracted reader by its style, dialogues and ideas. He wrote stories like the mustangs or slow tango. Nowadays he is still popular. Guram Rcheulishvili’s works are translated on German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Czech and Russian languages. At age of 26, he died in Gagra on 23 August 1960, when saving an unknown Russian girl in a rough sea. Buried in Tbilisi, at Vake cemetery.

Bibliography

• “Salamura”, a collection of short stories (1961)
• Short Stories (1995)
• Iulon Tragedy I, dramatic novel, December 1958 (1994)
• Shasha’s Revolution or Revolution in Ortachala on ”Bambis Rigi” (Cotton Row)
• Book in Six Volumes (2002-2008)
• Slow Tango, short stories (2005)