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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 >

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 >

NEW BOOKS

IMAGE-CHARACTERS OF “JAKO’S DISPOSSESSED” – PROTOTYPES AND GENESIS

Maia Tsertsvadze

Mikheil Javakhishvili’s novel “Jako’s Dispossessed” is one of the most important examples of Georgian writing of the 20th century. In the way of its study, along with many... Read more >

History of Georgia. Works – II

Davit Muskhelishvili

The second volume of Davit Muskhelishvili's "Works" includes two of his studies: "History of Georgia from Ancient Times to the 13th Century" (Tbilisi, 2012) and... Read more >

Ekvtime Takaishvili, the Initiator of the Return of Treasures from France to Georgia

Archil Kokhreidze

In the 1930s, Ekvtime Takaishvili raised the issue of returning the national treasures taken abroad before the government of the Second Republic of Georgia. He sent a special letter to Vukol... Read more >

Autocracy

Anne Applebaum

Translated and commented by Lela... Read more >

Ash-Raker

Georgian Fabulous Fairy-Tales

They call me Ash-Raker because there’s nothing I love more than raking ashes. I once ran into a nine-headed devi and played a few tricks on him. If you want to know how someone as tiny as me... Read more >