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Otar Chiladze was born in Sighnaghi, a small town in Kakheti, the easternmost province of Georgia. He graduated from Tbilisi
State University with a degree in journalism in 1956. His works, primarily poetry, first appeared in the 1950s. At the same time, Chiladze engaged in literary journalism, working for leading
literary magazines in Tbilisi. He gained popularity with his series of lengthy, atmospheric novels, such as "A Man Went Down the Road" (1972–1973), "Everyone That Findeth Me" (1976), "Avelum"
(1995), and others. In 1997, he was the chief editor of the literary magazine "Mnatobi". Otar Chiladze also published several collections of poems and plays. He was awarded the Shota
Rustaveli State Prize in 1983 and the State Prize of Georgia in 1993. Chiladze died after a long illness in October 2009 and was buried at the Mtatsminda Pantheon in Tbilisi. His older brother Tamaz Chiladze is also a writer. |
The Iron Theatre
Size: 140x205 mm
Number of pages: 460 Copyright holder: Zaza Chiladze Contact: Zaza Chiladze, zazachila@yahoo.com |
"The Iron Theatre" is an elegant novel about Georgia's struggle for liberation, a "cocktail" of epic, lyrical prose, and internal
monologue, written by a truly great writer. With the publication of this book Georgia returns to the map of world literature." Read an
extract...
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Lasha Bugadze
Mamuka Kherkheulidze
Mariam Bekauri
Naira Gelashvili
Natalie Davitashvili
Nestan Kvinikadze
Nugzar Shataidze
Otar Chiladze
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Rezo Cheishvili
Rezo Gabriadze
Sandro Naveriani
Tamta Melashvili
Teona Dolenjashvili
Tsotne Chikovani
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