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Aneta Dadiani-Dadeshkeliani (1872–1922) was a Georgian poet, educator and social reformer. Her poetry was published in contemporary journals. Together with her husband, Jansug Dadeshkeliani, she strove to improve the lives of the peasantry.
She was an active member of the
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[Stephen F. Jones (2005)]
''Socialism in Georgian Colors: The European Road to Social Democracy, 1883-1917''
p. 37. Harvard University Press
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Biography
Born in 1872 in
Jvari, Aneta Dadiani lost her mother when still very young. As a result, she was brought up by her uncle, the poet
Akaki Tsereteli
Count Akaki Tsereteli ( ka, აკაკი წერეთელი) (1840–1915), often mononymously known as Akaki,Sometimes mistakenly rendered in Russian as Akakiy. Georgian spelling Akaki and Russian spelling Akakiy are both derived from th ...
. In 1888, she married Jansug Dadeshkelini, from the princely
House of Dadeshkeliani
The Dadeshkeliani or Dadishkeliani ( ka, დადეშქელიანი, დადიშქელიანი) was an aristocratic family from the mountainous western Georgian province of Svaneti. They ruled the Principality of Svaneti from t ...
.
[ Their two sons died in ]World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
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Following in her uncle's footsteps, she wrote poems which were published in journals and newspapers. Playing an active role in social work, she promoted literacy among the peasantry of Samegrelo and Svaneti while participating in the Society for the Spreading of Literacy among Georgians.][
After supporting the school in Etseri founded by Tatarkan Dadeshkeliani, her brother-in-law, she opened a small primary school in her own residence in Jvani, strongly promoting the Georgian language.][
Aneta Dadiani-Dadeshkeliani died in 1922, bequeathing part of her estate to the Society for the Spreading of Literacy among Georgians.][
]
See also
*List of Georgian women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in the country of Georgia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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* Manana Antadze (born 1945), Georgian writer and translator
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*Aneta Dadeshkeliani (1872–1922), Georgian p ...
References
1872 births
1922 deaths
People from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
19th-century writers from Georgia (country)
20th-century writers from Georgia (country)
20th-century women writers from Georgia (country)
19th-century women writers from Georgia (country)
Educators from Georgia (country)
Poets from Georgia (country)
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