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Shota Rustaveli Prize
The Shota Rustaveli State Prize (created in 1965) is the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature. The first prize-winners of this prize were Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (writer), Irakli Abashidze (poet) and Lado Gudiashvili (painter) in 1965. Other recipients of the Prize: Mikola Bazhan (Ukrainian poet), Sergo Kobuladze (painter), Irakli Ochiauri (sculptor), Sergo Zakariadze (actor), Nino Ramishvili (dancer), Iliko Sukhishvili (dancer), Ramaz Chkhikvadze (actor), Guram Pataraia (producer), Tengiz Abuladze (producer), Mukhran Machavariani (poet), Tamaz Chiladze (poet), Chabua Amirejibi Mzechabuk "Chabua" Amirejibi, (often written as "Amiredjibi", ka, მზეჭაბუკ "ჭაბუა" ამირეჯიბი; 18 November 1921 – 12 December 2013) was a Georgian novelist and Soviet-era dissident notable for his mag ... (novelist), Levan Tsutskiridze (painter), etc. References Literary awards of Georgia (country) Awards established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shota Rustaveli
Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – after c. 1220), mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. Rustaveli was the author of ''The Knight in the Panther's Skin'', a Georgian national epic poem. Biography Little, if anything, is known about Rustaveli from contemporary sources. Shota Rustaveli was born in 1166. He started serving Queen Tamar as a Minister of Finance in 1191. His poem itself, namely the prologue, provides a clue to his identity: the poet identifies himself as "a certain Rustveli." "Rustveli" is not a surname, but a territorial epithet that can be interpreted as "of/from/holder of Rustavi". Later Georgian authors from the 15th through 18th centuries are more informative; they are almost unanimous in identifying him as Shota Rustaveli, a name that is preserved on a fresco a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramaz Chkhikvadze
Ramaz Chkhikvadze (; 28 February 1928 – 17 October 2011) was a Georgian film and theater actor. First appearing in the 1954 film ''The Dragonfly'' (), he starred in over 60 films during his career. He won the award for Best Actor at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in '' The Saplings''. Ramaz Chkhikvadze caused a sensation when he appeared on stage as Richard III at the 1979 Edinburgh Festival in a production of Shakespeare's play by the Rustaveli Theatre Company of Tbilisi, Georgia, then still part of the Soviet Union. Honoring him posthumously, Georgian President Saakashvili issued a statement in which he said "Mr. Ramaz was a distinguished star of Georgian film and theatre and a creator of an entire epoch. The cultural heritage expressed by his unique talent and originality, on which generations have been brought up, will forever stay in the memories of his audience." Selected filmography * ''The Dragonfly'' () (1954) – Shota * (1956) – Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Awards Of Georgia (country)
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment, and can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role. Literature, as an art form, can also include works in various non-fiction genres, such as biography, diaries, memoir, letters, and the essay. Within its broad definition, literature includes non-fictional books, articles or other printed information on a particular subject.''OED'' Etymologically, the term derives from Latin ''literatura/litteratura'' "learning, a writing, grammar," originally "writing formed with letters," from ''litera/littera'' "letter". In spite of this, the term has also been applied to spoken or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levan Tsutskiridze
Levan Tsutskiridze ( ka, ლევან ცუცქირიძე; 12 January 1926 – 17 November 2021) was a Georgian monumentalist artist, illustrator, and painter of frescoes in the Sioni Cathedral, Tbilisi. Tsutskiridze illustrated '' The Knight in the Tiger’s Skin'', a poem published in Berlin in German translation. It was also published in Tbilisi, Moscow, Yerevan, and Japan. He was also the author of the design and illustrations of more than thirty books. Early life Levan Tsutskiridze was born in the small town of Khashuri in what was then the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Most of his childhood was spent in a small village, Moliti, in the Imereti region. When Tsutskiridze was 11, his father was killed in 1937 by the Soviet Government during the Great Purge. After his death, the family faced eviction from their home and poverty. Tsutskiridze received primary education at a Tbilisi public school. In 1946, he started taking classes on painting and graphic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chabua Amirejibi
Mzechabuk "Chabua" Amirejibi, (often written as "Amiredjibi", ka, მზეჭაბუკ "ჭაბუა" ამირეჯიბი; 18 November 1921 – 12 December 2013) was a Georgian novelist and Soviet-era dissident notable for his magnum opus, '' Data Tutashkhia'', and a lengthy experience in Soviet prisons. Early life and career He was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, in 1921. His family, once a princely house, was heavily repressed during Joseph Stalin's Great Purge: his father was shot in 1938 and mother sent to a Gulag camp. During World War II, he was recruited into the Red Army, but was soon sacked due to his family background. Subsequently, he became involved in anti-Soviet activities, being a member of the underground political organization Tetri Giorgi. In April 1944, he was arrested on coup plot charges and sentenced to twenty-five years of imprisonment in Siberia. After fifteen years in prison, three prison escapes, and two death sentences, he was ultima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamaz Chiladze
Tamaz Chiladze ( ka, თამაზ ჭილაძე; 5 March 1931 – 28 September 2018) was a Georgian writer, dramatist and poet. He was the elder brother of Georgian writer Otar Chiladze. Biography Chiladze was born to the family of an economist and a writer in 1931 in Signagi, Georgia. He graduated from the Department of Philology of Tbilisi State University in 1954. In the same year, Chiladze published his first collection of poems. ''Ciskari'' magazine printed his first story, ''Taking the Walk with the Pony Phaeton''. In 1965, his play ''The Aquarium'' was staged at the Rustaveli Theater. He had since been recognized as the author of the anthology of Georgian classical dramaturgy. According to the author, the first critic of his writings was his mother, who was a poet herself. Works and awards Chiladze's works have been translated into different languages. He was awarded several prizes, among them the '' Shota Rustaveli National Prize'' and the ''First Prize of West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukhran Machavariani
Mukhran Machavariani ( ka, მუხრან მაჭავარიანი; April 12, 1929 – May 17, 2010) was a Georgian poet, a member of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia The Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს რესპუბლიკის უზენაესი საბჭო, ''sakartvelos respublikis uzenaesi sabcho'') was the highest unicameral legislative bo ... (Georgian Parliament) from 1990 until 1992, and a recipient of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize of Georgia. From 1988 until 1990 he was the Chairman of the Union of Georgian Writers. He died during a performance at Rustaveli Theater. Education In 1954 graduation at the Philology Department of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi University. Works * Poems (1955), * The Red Sun and the Green Grass * Silence Without You (1958). ; Translations * Boy, Don't Embarrass Me! * Extraordinary by Its Ordinariness * 100 Poems External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tengiz Abuladze
Tengiz Abuladze ( ka, თენგიზ აბულაძე; 31 January 1924 – 6 March 1994) was a Georgian film director, screenwriter, theatre teacher and People's Artist of the USSR. He is regarded as one of the best Soviet directors. Biography Abuladze studied theatre direction (1943–1946) at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia, and filmmaking at the VGIK (All-Union State Institute of Cinematography) in Moscow. He graduated from VGIK in 1952 and in 1953 he joined Gruziya-film (Georgia Film Studios) as a director. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1980. His first film, ''Magdana's Donkey'' (1956), which he directed with Rezo Chkheidze, won the "Best Fiction Short" award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. He is most famous for his film trilogy: '' The Plea'' (''The Supplication'') (1968), '' The Wishing Tree'' (1977), and '' Repentance'' (1984, released 1987), which won him the Lenin Prize (1988) and the first Nika Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guram Pataraia
Guram (Georgian: გურამ) is a Georgian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Guram Adzhoyev (born 1961), Georgian-born Russian footballer * Guram Adzhoyev (born 1995), Hungarian-born footballer * Guram Batiashvili (born 1938), Georgian writer and playwright * Guram Kashia (born 1987), Georgian footballer * Guram Kavtidze (born 1987), Georgian rugby player *Guram Kostava (born 1937), Georgian-Soviet fencer * Guram Dochanashvili (1939–2021), Georgian writer and historian * Guram Dolenjashvili (born 1943), Georgian painter *Guram Gabiskiria (1947–1993), Georgian politician * Guram Gumba (born 1956), Abkhaz historian * Guram Makayev (born 1970), Kazakhstani footballer * Guram Mamulia (1937–2003), Georgian historian, politician and Meskhetian rights campaigner * Guram Mchedlidze (1931–2009), Georgian paleobiologist and academician * Guram Minashvili (1935–2015), Georgian-Soviet basketball player * Guram Nikolaishvili (born 1952), Georgian Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Ramishvili
Nino Shalvovna Ramishvili ( ka, ნინო შალვას ასული რამიშვილი, russian: Нино Шалвовна Рамишвили; January 19, 1910 - September 6, 2000) was a Georgian ballet dancer, choreographer, and the co-founder of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet. She is the most famous Georgian dancer. Career From 1922 to 1927, Ramishvili studied at the ballet school of Maria Perini in Tbilisi. From 1927 to 1936, she was the soloist of the ballet theater Paliashvili, where she performed in productions of ''Abesalom and Eteri'', ''Daisi'', ''The Tale of Shota Rustaveli'', ''Keto and Kote'', and ''Tsisana''. In 1945, together with her husband Iliko Sukhishvili, Ramishvili founded the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, initially called the Georgian State Dance Company, where she became soloist and dance teacher until 1972. In 1972, she became chief choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
