Bela Chekurishvili ( ka, ბელა ჩეკურიშვილი; born 25 December 1974) is a poet and journalist from
Georgia
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Biography
Chekurishvili was born on 25 December 1974 in
Vachnadziani,
Gurjaani
Gurjaani ( ka, გურჯაანი) is a town in Kakheti, a region in eastern Georgia, and the seat of the Gurjaani Municipality. It is located in the Alazani River Plain, at an elevation of 415 m above sea level.
Gurjaani is first recorded ...
. After finishing school she studied Georgian language and literature at
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...
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From 1998 to 2013, Chekurishvili worked as a journalist, for various magazines and newspapers in Georgia. She then began further PhD study on comparative literature, hosted by Tbilisi State University and the
University of Bonn
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In her spare time she is a mountaineer.
Chekurishvili's poetry was first published in 1989.
She writes in Georgian and German and her work has been translated into Russian, Italian, French and English.
In her poetry she depicts everyday life: from lumberjacks to prostitutes, housewives to refugees. Her poetry is published in several volumes and she has also published a volume of short stories.
Books
* ''Nana's horse'', Intelekti Publishing, 2020
* ''Barefoot'', Wunderhorn Publishing, Heidelberg, 2018
* ''Picnic on the mountain'' (with linocuts by Zoppe Voskuhl), Corvinus Presse Berlin, 2018
* ''Detector of nudity'', Intelekti Publishing, 2016
* ''We, the Apple trees'', Wunderhorn Publishing, Heidelberg, 2016
* ''Tales from the banks of the Rhine'', Intelekti Publishing, 2016
* ''Sisyphus' Question'', Diogene Publishing, 2012
* ''Postcards'', Meridiani Publishing, 2009
* ''Either – Or'', Leta Publishing, 1998
References
External links
Bela ChekurishviliWir, Die ApfelbäumeAn Sisyphos – სიზიფესBela Chekurishvili´s corner
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1974 births
Living people
Poets from Georgia (country)
Journalists from Tbilisi
Women poets from Georgia (country)
Women writers from Georgia (country)
Tbilisi State University alumni
Postmodern writers