Our Authors

CHARLES BROWNE

Zurab Batiashvili (Darujanashvili)

After graduating from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi University and receiving Ph.D. in History, Zurab Batiashvili worked in the Georgian Parliament, the European Department of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi. At present he works in the Council of Security and Crisis Management of Georgia. He has... Read more >

Levan Bregadze

A literary historian and critic, Ph.D. in Literature (2005), Member of Gelati Academy (2003), Laureate of The Literary Saba Award (three times). He was born in 1947 in Tkibuli, west Georgia. After finishing school in his native town, in 1965-74 he studied Georgian Philology and Journalism in Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi University. At... Read more >

NEW BOOKS

Frøken Ignora. De fire første historier

Katrine Marie Guldager

Tbilisi 1991-1992: December-January Events – Interviews. Volume II

Natela Vachnadze, Nino Tomadze

The story of Lionel Messi

LUCIANO WERNICKE

"If you want to be the best, you have to work harder than everyone else" - this is Lionel Messi’s football philosophy. If nature has blessed you with talent, you are... Read more >

Galaktioni – The Unusual and the Ordinary

Teimuraz Doiashvili, Natia Sikharulidze

Readers are well aware that Galaktioni’s life was unusual and extraordinary. But where does the line lie between the circulating legends and the truth? You won’t find the answer to... Read more >

Georgia: 50 Albums that snuck freedom in

Nika Rurua

Western “soft powers” – be they American jazz or cinematography, literature or rock n roll – sped up the initial exposure and final demise of the soviet ideology; It... Read more >

Ketevan the Martyr

Thea Kartvelishvili

Ketevan the Martyr – this is how the 17th-century Queen of Kakheti was established in Georgian consciousness. Her martyrdom was so impressive that, unlike many holy martyrs in... Read more >