David "Dato" Turashvili ( ka, დავით (დათო) ტურაშვილი) (born May 10, 1966 in

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) is a

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fiction writer.

Biography

In 1989, he was one of the leaders of the student protest action taking place at the

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monasteries in eastern

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, whose territory was exploited by the

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military as a training ground. His first novels, published in 1988, are based on the turmoil of those events. The premier of his play '' Jeans Generation'' was held in May 2001. Turashvili's other publications include the travelogues ''Known and Unknown America'' (1993) and ''Kathmandu'' (1998), and two collections of short fiction and movie scripts; his first collection of short fiction is ''Merani'' (1991). Besides scripts, he writes novels, short stories and plays. Dato Turashvili has published about 16 books in Georgia. His works are translated into seven languages and published in different periodical editions of various countries. His novel '' Flight from the USSR'' has already been published in five European countries. He is the author of Georgian best-sellers and has participated in Mountaineers' expedition in the mountains of the Caucasus, Andes and Himalayas. Furthermore, he is the author of scientific-research letters in literary criticism and historiography. He has translated both prosaic and poetic texts from Russian, English, Spanish, and Turkish.

Bibliography

*A Collection of Short Stories (1991) *Known and Unknown America (1993) *Festival of Loneliness (1995) *Where did Sumerians Go (1997) *My Irish Grandfather (1999) *Kathmandu (1998) *Tibet is not Far Away (2001) *A Night of a Sunken City (2003) *Black Sneakers (2006) *Gurji Khatun (2007) * Jeans Generation (2008) *The Thirteenth (2009) *American Fairy Tales (2010) *If I were a Football Player (2011) *While Waiting for Dodo (2012) *Once upon a Time (2012) *The King of Woods (2013) *Another Amsterdam (2014)

Plays

*One Fine Day (1991), Kutaisi Drama Theatre *Dialogues in Train (1993),

Rustaveli Theatre 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 ...

*Troubadour (1997), Manhattan Theatrical Studio and Tkibuli Public Theatre *Jeans Generation (2001), Free Theatre *Green Horizon (2003), Free Theatre *Two Islands in the Black Sea (2005), Bolnisi Theatre *Tomorrow they will fly above our Garden (2007), “Come and See” Theatre *Border Line (2008),

Marjanishvili Theatre Kote Marjanishvili State Academic Drama Theatre ( ka, კოტე მარჯანიშვილის სახელობის სახელმწიფო აკადემიური დრამატული თეატრი) i ...

*Black Sneakers (2009), Free Theatre *Euro-Georgia (2011), Marjanishvili Theatre *While Waiting for Dodo (2012), Akhaltsikhe Theatre *While Waiting for Dodo (2013), Marjanishvili Theatre

Translations

*Jeans Generation, Translated into Dutch by Ingrid Dekhrave, publishing house Cossee (2013) *Jeans Generation, translated into Croatian, publishing house Sandorf (2013) *Jeans Generation, translated into Italian by Ketevan Charkviani, Publishing house Palombi Editori (2013) *Jeans Generation, translated into Turkish by Fahrettin Çiloğlu, Publishing house Ezgi Kitabevi (2012)

Awards

* Literary Award “Saba” in the nomination for “The Best Novel” - Black Sneakers (2008)

Biography

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