Naira Gelashvili ( ka, ნაირა გელაშვილი) (born 28 October 1947) is a
Georgian
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** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
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fiction writer, philologist,
Germanist
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, and civil society activist.
Life and career
Gelashvili graduated from the Faculty of
Western Europe
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an Literature,
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...
, in 1970. She has published a series of stories and the novel ''dedis otakhi'' (დედის ოთახი; "The Mother’s Room", 1985). She is one of the most ardent followers of European
existentialist
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prose in modern Georgian literature. Gelashvili has also studied
folklore
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of the
Caucasian peoples and heads the cultural
NGO
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The Caucasian House.
[Galtung Johan (1997)]
Some observations of the Caucasus
''Caucasian Regional Studies'', Vol. 2, Issue 1. Retrieved on 4 August 2008.
Bibliography
Novels and short story collections
* Ich bin sie. Roman (translation from Georgian into German by Lia Wittek), Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2017,
* Mother’s Room (1987)
* The Moonlit Garden (1990)
* Tragic Gradation
* Hut of Dots
* Pieces of Mirror (2006)
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The Ambri, the Umbri and the Arab (1982)
* Short Stories
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I am that One (2012)
Poetry
* About Peace, Sorrow and Consolation (Four poems, 1997)
* Time, Bread and Wine (A collection of verses, poems and songs, 2006)
Awards
*Literary prize “Saba” for the best novel of the year for "I am That One" (2013)
*Literary prize “Saba” for the best novel of the year for “The First Two Circles and all the Others” (2010)
*Ilia Chavchavadze State Prize for Artistic Work
*Literary prize "Gala" for the best literary project for Rainer Maria Rilke (works in five volumes with commentaries) (2007)
*Prize of Austrian Ministry of Culture for translations of R. M. Rilke works (1999)
References
1947 births
Philologists from Georgia (country)
Activists from Georgia (country)
Living people
20th-century writers from Georgia (country)
21st-century writers from Georgia (country)
20th-century women writers from Georgia (country)
21st-century women writers from Georgia (country)
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