Manana Antadze

Manana Antadze (Georgian: მანანა ანთაძე, born August 28, 1945) is a Georgian writer and translator, and founder of the Tumanishvili Theatre Foundation.

Manana Antadze
Born	Manana Antadze (1945-08-28) August 28, 1945 Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation	Writer, essayist, translator
Genre	Epic, drama, tragicomedy, comedy
Notable works	Translation of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, 2008
Spouse	Eldar Tsitsishvili, architect-restorer
Children	David (1965), Tamara (1971)

Life and career

In 1967 Manana Antadze graduated from Tbilisi State University (TSU), Western European Languages and Literature.

From 1981 to 1989, Antadze was a research associate at the Centre for Contemporary Literary Studies at the Georgian State University. She has been a freelance translator since 1974, and her numerous translations include William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Irving Stone's Lust for Life, and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

In 2006, Antadze presented the annual awards given for "New Writing" in "New Georgian play" and "The Best Translation". In July 2009. she attended the 31st Cambridge Seminar on Contemporary Literature, then, in August she attended Globe Education Cultural Seminar on "Shakespeare & His Stage".

Antadze's biography is included in Who is Who in Georgia (2009).

Work experience

• 1971–present, Freelance translator
• 1981-1989, Center for Contemporary Western Literary Studies, TSU (research associate)
• 1981–present, Tumanishvili Film Actors’ Theatre (Literary manager)
• 1998–present, Tumanishvili Theatre Foundation (Founder and President)
• 2006–present, Legal Leader of International Drama Competition ‘NEW WRITING IN GEORGIA’
• 2012–present, Sturua Productions/Founder with Robert Sturua and Gia Tevzadze

Education and training

• 1962-1967, MA/BA Tbilisi State University (TSU), Western European Languages and Literature
• 2009, 31st Cambridge Seminar "Contemporary Literature" (alumna)
• 2009, Globe Education Cultural Seminar "Shakespaere and his Stage" (alumna)

Memberships

• Inner Wheel (Rotary) Club
• Eurodram
• Georgian Writers’ Union
• Georgian Theatre Craftsmen’ Union

Works

Publications

• 1989, "Edward Albee: Existential Intuition" in Modern Western Drama, with I. Gogoberidze and L. Kereselidze

Translations staged (in Georgian)

• 1978 – Eugene O’Neill, Desire Under The Elms, director Temur Chkheidze
• 1980 – William Gibson, The Cry Of Players, director Andro Enukidze
• 1981 – Moliere, Dom Juan, director Mikheil Tumanishvili
• 1982 – Rudyard Kipling, The Cat That Walked By Himself, director Nana Demetrashvili
• 2004 – Dario Fo, The Open Couple, director Keti Dolidze
• 2005 – Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard, director Gogi Margvelashvili
• 2006 – George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, The Royal Family, director Keti Dolidze
• 2007 – Nikolai Gogol, Revisor (Inspector), director Otar Egadze
• 2007 – Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage, commissioned by David Doiashvili
• 2009 – William Shakespeare, Macbeth, director David Doiashvili
• 2010 – Edmond Rostand, Cyrano De Bergerac, director David Doiashvili
• 2010 – David Hastings, One Small Step, commissioned by British Council Georgia
• 2012 – Terrence McNally, Masterclass, director Robert Sturua
• 2014 – Maxim Gorky, The Lower Depths, director David Doiashvili
• 2015 – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, commissioned by Robert Sturua
• 2015 – William Shakespeare, King Lear, director Zurab Getsadze
• 2015 – Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, director Keti Dolidze

Translations published

• 1971 – Irving Stone, Lust For Life
• 1978 – H. G. Wells, Russia in the Shadows
• 1979 – Eugene O'Neill, Desire Under The Elms
• 2002 – J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, ISBN 99928-986-5-8
• 2009 – Tennessee Williams, Camino Real, ISBN 978-9941-9149-6-6
• 2012 – Terrence McNally, Masterclass, ISBN 978-9941-9236-92
• 2014 – Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard, ISBN 978-9941-9352-3-7
• 2014 – Moliere, Dom Juan, ISBN 978-9941-9352-4-4
• 2014 – Edmond Rostand, Cyrano De Bergerac, ISBN 978-9941-9352-6-8
• 2014 – William Shakespeare, Macbeth, ISBN 978-9941-9352-5-1

Honors and awards

• 2002 – Honorary Citizen of Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France.
• 2015 – Ivane Machabeli Prise

External links

• Interview with Manana Antadze by Mária Kiššová
• British Council wraps-up New Writing Development project
• Lust for Life
• Manana Antadze
• On Facebook
• au:Antadze, Manana.
• Edinburgh Festival Day 12: Well-rehearsed arguments: The Georgian Film Actors are unpredictable – in every sense. Sarah Hemming tries to keep up