Naira Gelashvili
Naira Gelashvili | |
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| Born | 28 October 1947 Sighnaghi, Georgian SSR |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, Poet |
| Literary movement | Modernism, magical realism |
| Notable works | The Ambri, the Umbri and the Arab I am that One |
| Spouse | Giwi Margwelaschwili (1970-2020; his death) |
| Children | 1 |
Naira Gelashvili (Georgian: ნაირა გელაშვილი) (born 28 October 1947) is a Georgian fiction writer, philologist, Germanist, and civil society activist.
Life and career
[edit]Gelashvili graduated from the Faculty of Western European Literature, Tbilisi State University, in 1970. She has published a series of stories and the novel dedis otakhi (დედის ოთახი; "The Mother’s Room", 1985). She is one of the most ardent followers of European existentialist prose in modern Georgian literature.[1][2] Gelashvili has also studied folklore of the Caucasian peoples and heads the cultural NGO The Caucasian House.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels and short story collections
[edit]- Ich bin sie. Roman (translation from Georgian into German by Lia Wittek), Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95732-230-2
- Mother's Room (1987)
- The Moonlit Garden (1990)
- Tragic Gradation
- Hut of Dots
- Pieces of Mirror (2006)
- The Ambri, the Umbri and the Arab (1982)
- Short Stories
- I am that One (2012)
Poetry
[edit]- About Peace, Sorrow and Consolation (Four poems, 1997)
- Time, Bread and Wine (A collection of verses, poems and songs, 2006)
Awards
[edit]- Literary prize “Saba” for the best novel of the year for "I am That One" (2013)[4]
- Literary prize “Saba” for the best novel of the year for “The First Two Circles and all the Others” (2010)[4]
- Ilia Chavchavadze State Prize for Artistic Work[4]
- Literary prize "Gala" for the best literary project for Rainer Maria Rilke (works in five volumes with commentaries) (2007)[4]
- Prize of Austrian Ministry of Culture for translations of R. M. Rilke works (1999)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Georgian) Naira Gelashvili. Sulakauri Publishers. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
- ^ (in Russian) Iatashvili, Shota (2004), О медовом месяце мотылька и хлебе насущном. Фрагменты мозаики новой грузинской прозы (On the moth’s honeymoon and the daily bread. Fragments of the new Georgian prose mosaic.). Druzhba Narodov №3. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
- ^ Galtung Johan (1997), Some observations of the Caucasus. Caucasian Regional Studies, Vol. 2, Issue 1. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "book.gov.ge - Author - GELASHVILI NAIRA". book.gov.ge. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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