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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

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* Manana Antadze (born 1945), Georgian writer and translator

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Aneta Dadeshkeliani 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 ...

(1872–1922), Georgian poet, educator and social reformer *

Nino Dadeshkeliani Nino Dadeshkeliani (June 17, 1890 – 1931), a Georgian author, was the daughter of General Prince Alexander Dadeshkeliani and Princess Eristavi. Her father, an inspector of State Forests, was assassinated in 1909. During World War I, Dadeshkelian ...

(1890–1931), Georgian writer, politician

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* Nana Ekvtimishvili (born 1978), Georgian writer and film director * Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria (1868–1951), Georgian novelist *

Dominika Eristavi Dominika Eristavi ( ka, დომინიკა ერისთავი), pen name Gandegili, (1864–1929) was a prominent Georgian writer and translator. Biography Dominika Eristavi was born on 28 October 1864 in the Vani district. Her first ...

(1864–1929), writer, translator

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Ekaterine Gabashvili Ekaterine Gabashvili ( ka, ეკატერინე გაბაშვილი) née Tarkhnishvili (თარხნიშვილი) (16 June 1851 – 7 August 1938) was a Georgian writer, feminist and public figure who called for social ref ...

(1851–1938), Georgian feminist novelist * Mariam Garikhuli (1883–1960), Georgian novelist, children's writer and actress *

Naira Gelashvili Naira Gelashvili ( ka, ნაირა გელაშვილი) (born 28 October 1947) is a Georgian fiction writer, philologist, Germanist, and civil society activist. Life and career Gelashvili graduated from the Faculty of Western Europea ...

(born 1947), Georgian novelist, activist

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Nino Haratischwili Nino Haratischwili ( ka, ნინო ხარატიშვილი; born 8 June 1983) is a Georgia born German novelist, playwright, and theater director. She has received numerous awards, including the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, the Kran ...

(born 1983), Georgian novelist, playwright

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* Barbare Jorjadze (1833–1895), Georgian writer and women's rights advocate

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Ana Kalandadze Ana Kalandadze ( ka, ანა კალანდაძე) (15 December 1924 – 11 March 2008) was a Georgian poet and one of the most influential female figures in modern Georgian literature. Kalandadze was born in the village Khidistavi near ...

(1924–2008), influential Georgian poet *

Babilina Khositashvili Babilina Khositashvili (1884–1973) was a Georgian poet, feminist and labour rights activist. After a short spell in a monastery, she moved to Tbilisi where, unable to afford higher education, she studied in the library. She found employment in a ...

(1884–1973), Georgian poet, feminist *

Mariam Khutsurauli Mariam Khutsurauli (; ka, მარიამ ხუცურაული; born 15 January 1960) is a Georgian poet, writer and jurist. Biography Mariam Khutsurauli (she is also known by her literary pseudonym Sanata) was born in Telavi, Georgi ...

(born 1960), Georgian poet and short story writer *

Lali Kiknavelidze Lali Kiknavelidze ( ka, ლალი კიკნაველიძე; May 12, 1969) is a Georgian film director, film producer and screenwriter. Biography Lali Kiknavelidze was born May 12, 1969, in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from Tbilis ...

(born 1969), Georgian screenwriter and film director *

Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili ( ka, ანა კორძაია-სამადაშვილი) (born February 26, 1968) is a Georgian writer and literary journalist who authored some of the best-selling prose of post-Soviet Georgian literatu ...

(born 1968), Georgian novelist and literary journalist * Nestan Kvinikadze (born 1980), Georgian scriptwriter, dramatist

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* Manana Matiashvili (born 1978), Georgian poet, translator and journalist * Tamta Melashvili (born 1979), Georgian novelist and feminist *

Ekaterine Melikishvili Ekaterine (Keke) Melikishvili, married name Meskhi, (1854–1928) was a Georgian writer, translator and feminist. Brought up in a well-to-do home in Tbilisi, after matriculating from a Swiss high school, she became one of the first Georgian women ...

(1854–1928), Georgian translator and children's writer *

Kato Mikeladze Ekaterine "Kato" Mikeladze (1878–1942) was a Georgians, Georgian journalist and feminist who from 1916 fought for women's rights. In order to encourage women to become politically active, she established The Inter-Partial League of Women backed ...

(1878–1942), Georgian journalist, feminist and women's rights activist

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* Iza Orjonikidze (1938–2010), Georgian poet, politician

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* Tamri Pkhakadze (born 1957), Georgian novelist, children's writer

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* Nino Salia (1898–1992), Georgian émigré historian active in France *

Irma Shiolashvili Irma Shiolashvili, or Irma Shiolashvili-Britze (; ka, ირმა შიოლაშვილი; born 29 March 1974 in Dedoplistsqaro) is a Georgia (country), Georgian poet, translator and journalist. Biography Irma Shiolashvili was born in ...

(born 1974), Georgian poet, translator and journalist

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* Nino Tkeshelashvili (1874–1956), Georgian children's literature author and suffragist * Ekaterine Togonidze (born 1981), Georgian journalist, novelist, activist *

Elena Topuridze Elena Topuridze (Georgian language, Georgian: ელენე თოფურიძე; May 3, 1922 – September 29, 2004) was a prominent Georgia (country), Georgian philosopher and writer. Born in Batumi, Georgia, her family moved to Tbilisi ...

(1922–2004), Georgian philosopher and non-fiction writer *

Mariam Tsiklauri Mariam Tsiklauri (; ka, მარიამ წიკლაური; born 18 March 1960) is a Georgia (country), Georgian poet, children's author and translator. Biography Mariam Tsiklauri was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from Tbil ...

(born 1960), Georgian poet, children's author and translator *

Anastasia Tumanishvili-Tsereteli Anastasia Tumanishvili-Tsereteli (1849–1932) was a Georgians, Georgian writer and educator who made important contributions to cultural developments in her country, particularly those of women. She first founded the Women’s Circle, Georgia ...

(1849–1932), Georgian writer, educator and influential feminist

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* Elene Virsaladze (1911–1977), Georgian folklorist

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