Zurab Samadashvili (IPA: [zuɾab samadaʃʷili]; Georgian: ზურაბ სამადაშვილი; (29 January 1955 — 30 August 2021) was a Georgian writer and playwright.
Zurab Samadashvili | |
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| Born | 29 January 1955 Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Died | 30 August 2021 (aged 66)[1] Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, playwright |
| Genre | drama, epic |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism, Metamodernism |
| Notable works | Noisy Days (novel), 1999 |
| Website | |
| armuri | |
Biography
editSamadashvili was born in Tbilisi on January 29, 1955.
In 1972, he graduated from both the Tbilisi School No. 51 and a music school. In 1977, he graduated from the Faculty of Technology of the Agricultural University of Georgia, specializing in engineering and technology.
Samadashvili's poems were first published in Nobat magazine in 1983 and made their prose debut with the short story Dubliners in the 1986 issue of Mnatobi, No. 7.
In 2010-2012 he was a member of the jury for the Gala (literary prize).
Zurab Samadashvili died in Tbilisi on August 30, 2021.
Works
editBooks
edit- Two and a half (poems), editor Dato Akhobadze, Tb. Merani publishing, 1990
- Circle (stories), editor - Lia Sharvashidze, Tb. Merani publishing, 1993
- Wet Brick (novel), Tb. Saari publishing, 1997[2]
- Crazy House (Thriller), Tb. Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House, 1998, 127 pages - ISBN 99928-52-10-0
- Noisy Days (novel), from series - Urban Prose, editor Dato Abuladze, Tbilisi, Saari publishing, 1999 - ISBN 99928-39-10-4
- Axiom (poems), Tb. Merani publishing, 2006
- Drawing lesson (poems), Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015
- Experiment (stories), Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015
- Expected Surprises (novel), Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015
Drama
edit- Behind the Door, 1990
- Circle, 1992
- Orphans (Georgian version of Martin McDonagh's play The Lonesome West), illustrator Alexander Slovinsky, "Our Writing" Magazine, N6 (110) - N7 (111), Tbilisi, 2010. - ISSN: 1987–7730.
- Noisy Days, Giga Lortkipanidze Rustavi Theater, 2016
- Orphans, Sokhumi Theater, directed by Giorgi Kantaria, 2017
Theater
edit- Beyond the Door, Sandro Akhmeteli Theater, directed by Alexander Kantaria, 1990
- Circle, Sandro Akhmeteli Theater, directed by Alexander Kantaria, 1992
- Noisy Days Giga Lortkipanidze Rustavi Theater, 2016
- Orphans, Sokhumi Theater, directed by Giorgi Kantaria, 2017
Radio theater
edit- Noisy Days, directed by Levan Lortkipanidze, 2002
Literary prizes and awards
edit- Saba (Literary Award) in the nomination "Best Novel of the Year" for the novel "Expected Unexpected", 2016
References
edit- ^ "66 წლის ასაკში მწერალი და დრამატურგი ზურა სამადაშვილი გარდაიცვალა". intermedia.ge (in Georgian). 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ Sveli aguri