Aka Morchiladze ( ka, აკა მორჩილაძე) is the pen name of Giorgi Akhvlediani (გიორგი ახვლედიანი) (born 10 November 1966), a

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 ...

writer and literary historian who authored some of the best-selling prose of post-Soviet Georgian literary fiction. Morchiladze's work shows reorientation of the early 21st-century Georgian literature towards the Western influences.

Biography

Born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

, Morchiladze graduated in 1988 from the Department of History,

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

, where he later taught. In the 1990s, he worked as a sports journalist and literary columnist for Tbilisi's press. Since 1998, Morchiladze's twenty novels and three collections of short stories have been published by the Sulakauri Publishing. Several of his works have been filmed and staged.

Bibliography

*''One hundred million pounds away'', Artanuji Publishing House, 2015 *'' Shadow on the Road'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2014 *''The Shy Emerald'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2013 *''Georgian Notebooks'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2013 *'' Obolé'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2011 *''Mameluk'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2009 *''The Secret Keeper’s Belt'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2008 *''Once in Georgia'', Saga Publishing House, 2008 *'' Of Old Hearts and Swords'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2007 *'' Maid in Tiflis'' Bakur Sulakauri, Publishing, 2007 *''The Paper Bullet'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2006, 2011 *''Venera’s Dream'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2005 *''Mr. Deaxley’s Silent Box'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2005 *'' Santa Esperanza'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2004, 2008 *''A Whale on Madatov Island'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2004 *''Down with the Corn Republic'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2003, 2011 *''The Wretched of the Desert'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2003 *''The book'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2003, 2011 *''The Other'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2002, 2011 *''Your Adventure'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2002 *''Disappearance on Madatov Island'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2001 *''Playing Patience in August'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2001, 2011 *''Witches of Christmas Eve'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2001, 2011 *''Flight over Madatov Island and Back'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 1998, 2004, 2011 *'' Dogs of Paliashvili Street'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 1995, 2002, 2011 *'' Journey to Karabakh'', Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 1992

References

1966 births Writers from Tbilisi Living people Postmodern writers Novelists from Georgia (country) Tbilisi State University alumni Academic staff of Tbilisi State University Expatriates from Georgia (country) in the United Kingdom {{Georgia-writer-stub