Leo Kiacheli

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Leon Shengelaia
Native name
ლეო ქიაჩელი
Born(1884-02-19)February 19, 1884
Obuji, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 19, 1963(1963-12-19) (aged 79)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Pen nameLeo Kiacheli
OccupationWriter
LanguageGeorgian
Period1909–1963
GenreRealism
Literary movementSocialist realism
Notable worksHaki Adzba(1933)
Gvadi Bigva(1936)

Leo Kiacheli (Georgian: ლეო ქიაჩელი) (born Leon Shengelaia; February 19, 1884 – December 19, 1963) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He is noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba.[1]

Major works[edit]

Novels and novellas[edit]

  • 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)

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