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Mikhail Gigolashvili

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Mikhail Gigolashvili (born 1954) is a Georgian-born writer who is mainly known for his Russian-language novels. He was born and raised in Tbilisi, and obtained his doctorate from Tbilisi University. He specialized in Dostoyevsky, and has stated that for a whole decade, he read nothing but Dostoevsky while he wrote his dissertation.

He is best known for his novels The Interpreter and The Devil’s Wheel; the latter, set in perestroika-era Tbilisi, was nominated for the Big Book Award. Since 1991, he has lived in Germany, where he teaches Russian at Saarland University.[1]

Works

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  • 1978 — novel «Иудея»
  • 2003 — novel «Толмач»
  • 2007 — «Тайнопись»
  • 2009 — novel «Чёртово колесо»
  • 2012 — novel «Захват Московии»
  • 2017 — novel «Тайный год»
  • 2020 — novel «Иудея, I век»
  • 2021 — novel «Кока»

References

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  1. ^ "Mikhail Gigolashvili".