Tamaz Chiladze ( ka, თამაზ ჭილაძე; 5 March 1931 – 28 September 2018) was a
Georgian
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writer, dramatist and poet. He was the elder brother of Georgian writer
Otar Chiladze.
Biography
Chiladze was born to the family of an economist and a writer in 1931 in
Signagi
Signagi or Sighnaghi ( ka, სიღნაღი) is a town in Georgia's easternmost region of Kakheti and the administrative center of the Signagi Municipality. Although it is one of Georgia's smallest towns, Signagi serves as a popular touris ...
, Georgia. He graduated from the Department of Philology of
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...
in 1954. In the same year, Chiladze published his first collection of poems. ''Ciskari'' magazine printed his first story, ''Taking the Walk with the Pony Phaeton''. In 1965, his play ''The Aquarium'' was staged at the
Rustaveli Theater
Rustaveli National Theatre ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის აკადემიური თეატრი ) is the largest and one of the oldest theaters of Georgia, located in its capital Tbilisi on ...
. He had since been recognized as the author of the anthology of Georgian classical dramaturgy. According to the author, the first critic of his writings was his mother, who was a poet herself.
Works and awards
Chiladze's works have been translated into different languages. He was awarded several prizes, among them the ''
Shota Rustaveli National Prize'' and the ''First Prize of West German Broadcasting for the radio-play The Paradise Quartet''.
Novels
*''The Wander by Pont Cart''
*''Winter is Over''
*''
The Pond''
*''The Sunset Lights''
*''
The Brueghel Moon
''The Brueghel Moon'' is a 2007 magic realist novel by Georgian writer Tamaz Chiladze. Novel was published in 2015 in United States by Dalkey Archive Press. Tamaz Chiladze presents a work that blends the genres of post-modernism, magical reali ...
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Poems
*''The Sun Dial''
*''The Memory''
*''The December Sun''
*''The Noon''
Plays
*''The Debutante's Role''
*''The Eighth Floor Nest''
*''The Aroma Grass of Arabia''
*''The Day We Met''
*''The Farewell to Lions''
References
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1931 births
2018 deaths
20th-century poets from Georgia (country)
Nobility of Georgia (country)
Rustaveli Prize winners
Magic realism writers
Psychological fiction writers
Male poets from Georgia (country)
20th-century male writers
People from Tiflis Governorate