Jansug Charkviani ( ka, ჯანსუღ ჩარკვიანი; 30 September 1931 – 6 November 2017) was a

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poet. He was a member of the

Parliament of Georgia The Parliament of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტი, tr) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia. It is a unicameral parliament, currently consisting of 150 members; of these, 120 are proportio ...

from 1992 to 2004. Born in

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, Charkviani graduated from the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

in 1953. He had his first poems published in 1947. From the 1960s to the 1990s he was also an editor of several literary magazines. He was awarded, among other prizes, the

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 Gudiashvil ...

(1984), Georgia's Order of Honor, and the title of Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi (1996).

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20th-century poets from Georgia (country) Writers from Tbilisi Tbilisi State University alumni Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia) Rustaveli Prize winners Members of the Parliament of Georgia 1931 births 2017 deaths Burials at Mtatsminda Pantheon {{Georgia-bio-stub