Manana Antadze (

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

: მანანა ანთაძე, born August 28, 1945) is a Georgian writer and translator, and founder of the Tumanishvili Theatre Foundation.

Life and career

In 1967 Manana Antadze graduated from

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

(TSU), Western European Languages and Literature. From 1981 to 1989, Antadze was a research associate at the Centre for Contemporary Literary Studies at the Georgian State University. She has been a freelance translator since 1974, and her numerous translations include

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's ''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

'', Irving Stone's '' Lust for Life'', and J. K. Rowling's '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''. In 2006, Antadze presented the annual awards given for "New Writing" in "New Georgian play" and "The Best Translation". In July 2009. she attended the 31st Cambridge Seminar on Contemporary Literature, then, in August she attended Globe Education Cultural Seminar on "Shakespeare & His Stage". Antadze's biography is included in ''Who is Who in Georgia'' (2009).

Work experience

* 1971–present, Freelance translator * 1981-1989, Center for Contemporary Western Literary Studies, TSU (research associate) * 1981–present, Tumanishvili Film Actors’ Theatre (Literary manager) * 1998–present, Tumanishvili Theatre Foundation (Founder and President) * 2006–present, Legal Leader of International Drama Competition ‘NEW WRITING IN GEORGIA’ * 2012–present, Sturua Productions/Founder with Robert Sturua and Gia Tevzadze

Education and training

* 1962-1967, MA/BA

(TSU), Western European Languages and Literature * 2009, 31st Cambridge Seminar "Contemporary Literature" (alumna) * 2009, Globe Education Cultural Seminar "Shakespaere and his Stage" (alumna)

Memberships

* Inner Wheel (Rotary) Club * Eurodram * Georgian Writers’ Union * Georgian Theatre Craftsmen’ Union

Works

Publications

* 1989, "

Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966) ...

: Existential Intuition" in ''Modern Western Drama'', with I. Gogoberidze and L. Kereselidze

Translations staged (in Georgian)

* 1978 –

Eugene O’Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier ...

, '' Desire Under The Elms'', director Temur Chkheidze * 1980 –

William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as ''cyberpunk''. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his ...

, ''The Cry Of Players'', director

Andro Enukidze Andro Enukidze ( ka, ანდრო ენუქიძე) (born January 9, 1965) is a Georgian theater director. Biography Andro Enukidze was born January 9, 1965, in Tbilisi. He studied under Temur Chkheidze at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre ...

* 1981 – Moliere, ''

Dom Juan ''Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre'' ("Don Juan or The Feast of the Stone tatue) is a five-act 1665 comedy by Molière based upon the Spanish legend of Don Juan Tenorio. The aristocrat Dom Juan is a rake who seduces, marries, and abandons Elvir ...

'', director

Mikheil Tumanishvili Mikheil Ivanovich Tumanishvili ( ka, მიხეილ თუმანიშვილი), born 6 february 1921, died 11 May 1996, was a Georgian theater director and teacher. He was a student of Georgy Tovstonogov at the Tbilisi State Theater ...

* 1982 – Rudyard Kipling, ''The Cat That Walked By Himself'', director Nana Demetrashvili * 2004 – Dario Fo, '' The Open Couple'', director Keti Dolidze * 2005 –

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

, ''

The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by ''Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition ...

'', director Gogi Margvelashvili * 2006 –

George S. Kaufman George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals for the Marx Brothers and others. ...

Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), ''Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' Cim ...

, ''

The Royal Family A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term ...

'', director Keti Dolidze * 2007 –

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

, ''

Revisor ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' ( rus, links=no, Ревизор, Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the pl ...

'' (Inspector), director Otar Egadze * 2007 –

Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

, ''

Mother Courage Mother Courage (German ''Mutter Courage'') is a character from a Grimmelshausen novel ''Lebensbeschreibung der Ertzbetrügerin und Landstörtzerin Courasche'' (''The Runagate Courage'') dating from around 1670. The character had played a cameo r ...

'', commissioned by David Doiashvili * 2009 –

, ''

'', director David Doiashvili * 2010 –

Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with t ...

, '' Cyrano De Bergerac'', director David Doiashvili * 2010 – David Hastings, '' One Small Step'', commissioned by British Council Georgia * 2012 –

Terrence McNally Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Described as "the bard of American theater" and "one of the greatest contemporary playwrights the theater world has yet produced," ...

, '' Masterclass'', director Robert Sturua * 2014 –

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

, ''

The Lower Depths ''The Lower Depths'' (russian: На дне, translit=Na dne, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902 under the direction of Konstantin ...

'', director David Doiashvili * 2015 – William Shakespeare, ''

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...

'', commissioned by Robert Sturua * 2015 – William Shakespeare, ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane an ...

'', director Zurab Getsadze * 2015 –

Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thre ...

, ''

A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of person ...

'', director Keti Dolidze

Translations published

* 1971 – Irving Stone, '' Lust For Life'' * 1978 –

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Russia in the Shadows ''Russia in the Shadows'' is a book by H. G. Wells published early in 1921, which includes a series of articles previously printed in ''The Sunday Express'' in connection with Wells's second visit to Russia (after a previous trip in January 1914 t ...

'' * 1979 –

Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier ...

, '' Desire Under The Elms'' * 2002 – J. K. Rowling, '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', * 2009 –

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Honors and awards

* 2002 – Honorary Citizen of Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France. * 2015 – Ivane Machabeli Prise

References

External links

Interview with Manana Antadze by Mária Kiššová

Lust for Life

Manana Antadze

On Facebook

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