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Writers & thinkers of Georgia

Poets, novelists, philosophers and the intellectuals of the national revival — the writers who shaped Georgia's language and identity.

Modern writers & intellectuals

Korneli Kekelidze

1879–1962

Major historian of Georgian literature.

Simon Janashia

1900–1947

Historian and archaeologist.

Mikheil Javakhishvili

1880–1937

Major twentieth-century Georgian novelist.

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia

1893–1975

Prominent Georgian writer and intellectual.

Galaktion Tabidze

1892–1959

One of the greatest modern Georgian poets.

Paolo Iashvili

1894–1937

Leading modernist poet of the Blue Horns movement.

Titsian Tabidze

1895–1937

Important Georgian symbolist poet.

Giorgi Leonidze

1899–1966

Poet, writer and literary scholar.

Nodar Dumbadze

1928–1984

Popular novelist of modern Georgian literature.

Chabua Amirejibi

1921–2013

Writer best known for the novel Data Tutashkhia.

Ana Kalandadze

1924–2008

One of Georgia's most important modern poets.

Otar Chiladze

1933–2009

Internationally recognised Georgian novelist and poet.

Guram Rcheulishvili

1934–1960

Influential twentieth-century Georgian writer.

Rezo Cheishvili

1933–2015

Writer and screenwriter.

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