Born in 1939, Gela Charkviani is a Georgian diplomat, educator, writer and television personality. He was born into the family of Candide Charkviani, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia, and Tamar Jaoshvili, an ophthalmologist. In 1957 he finished school in Moscow... Read more >
(1881-1941), a Georgian scientist, archaeologist, ethnographer, the founder and first director of the Zugdidi Museum (later called the Historical and Architectural Museum of the Dadiani Palace). He studied archaeology, ethnography, cartography, philology, folklore and art in England. Later he collected geological and paleontological... Read more >
A Georgia poet, prose writer, translator, scholar and publicist living in Turkey. Educated as a journalist, for many years he worked on various encyclopedic editions, also translated many poems, novellas and historical novels. He was the founder and editor of a Turkish-Georgian magazine Pirosmani, published in Turkey. Artanuji has... Read more >
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 >
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 >
"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 >
Anna Kalandadze (1924-2008), the 20th century great Georgian woman poet, is translated into major European languages, including Arabic and Turkish. A ballad-like quality of her poems, with complex... Read more >
