Sandro Tsirekidze ( ka, სანდრო ცირეკიძე) (1894–1923) was 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 ...

poet,

Symbolist Symbolism was a late 19th-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images, mainly as a reaction against naturalism and realis ...

. Born in

Kutaisi Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilis ...

, he graduated from the school course in 1912 and then continued his studies at

St. Petersburg University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter t ...

. Because of health problems he moved to

Kiev University Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

. In 1916 he became one of the founder members of the Symbolist group

Blue Horns Tsisperqantselebi ( ka, ცისფერყანწელები; The Blue Horns) was a group of Georgian Symbolist poets and prose-writers which dominated the Georgian literature in the 1920s. It was founded as a coterie of young talented wri ...

. In 1920s he established writers corporation "Writers Publishing Cooperative." At the same time he founded the publishing house "Kirchkhibi." His first book "Mtvareulebi" was published in 1921. He died in 1923, in the summer. He was buried at the Vera Cemetery.

References

The website dedicated to Paolo Iashvili.
1894 births 1923 deaths Male poets from Georgia (country) Symbolist poets People from Kutaisi 20th-century poets from Georgia (country) 20th-century male writers {{Georgia-poet-stub