Naira Gelashvili

Naira Gelashvili (Georgian: ნაირა გელაშვილი) (born 28 October 1947) is a Georgian fiction writer, philologist, Germanist, and civil society activist.

Naira Gelashvili
Born (1947-10-28) 28 October 1947
Sighnaghi, Georgian SSR
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, Poet
Literary movementModernism, magical realism
Notable worksThe Ambri, the Umbri and the Arab I am that One
SpouseGiwi Margwelaschwili (1970-2020; his death)
Children1

Life and career

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

Novels and short story collections
  • 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
  • About Peace, Sorrow and Consolation (Four poems, 1997)
  • Time, Bread and Wine (A collection of verses, poems and songs, 2006)

Awards
  • 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
  1. (in Georgian) Naira Gelashvili. Sulakauri Publishers. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
  2. (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.
  3. Galtung Johan (1997), Some observations of the Caucasus. Caucasian Regional Studies, Vol. 2, Issue 1. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
  4. "book.gov.ge - Author - GELASHVILI NAIRA". book.gov.ge. Retrieved 19 April 2018.


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