Vaja Gigashvili
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Vaja Gigashvili | |
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![]() Gigashvili in 2015 | |
Born | Vaja Gigashvili October 15, 1936 Tbilisi, Georgia |
Died | December 31, 2017 Tbilisi | (aged 81)
Occupation | novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, translator |
Genre | short story, novel, screenplay |
Literary movement | modernism |
Notable works | Stories from a Poet Who Seldom Wrote Poems, (2017) |
Website | |
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Vaja Gigashvili (IPA: [vaʒa ɡiɡaʃʷili]; Georgian: ვაჟა გიგაშვილი; (October 15, 1936 — December 31, 2017) was a Georgian writer and playwright.
Biography
Gigashvili graduated in 1961 from Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design. Afterwards, he worked as an architect, published several Georgian stories, novels, and translated stories of Thomas Pynchon. Also he is screenwriter award-winning movie The Legend of Suram Fortress. Some of his works have been translated into English, French and Russian.
His main works are Stories from a Poet Who Seldom Wrote Poems, 2017.
Works
Books
- Stories from a Poet Who Seldom Wrote Poems,[1] Tbilisi, Intelekti Publishing, 2017
- Day and Time 1956-1966,[2] Tbilisi, Intelekti Publishing, 2017
- One Person Kaplanishvili, Tbilisi, Palitra L publishing, 2010
- Warm bed and cold night, Tbilisi, Merani publishing, 2006
- Hunting in Chong-Tash, Tbilisi, Nakaduli publishing, 1976
Literary prizes and awards
- Saguramo literary prize, 2009
- Gold Medal of Pen Club, 2015
References
External links
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- Writers from Tbilisi
- Male writers from Georgia (country)
- 1936 births
- 2017 deaths
- Novelists from Georgia (country)
- Screenwriters from Georgia (country)
- Translators from Georgia (country)
- 20th-century translators