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David Turashvili

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Occupation
  
novelist

Movies
  
Love with an Accent

Literary movement
  
Postmodernism

Role
  
Fiction writer

Name
  
David Turashvili


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Notable works
  
Flight from the USSR (2008)

Books
  
Flight from the USSR, Me rom pʻexburtʻeli viqo: (oda)

Similar People
  
Rezo Gigineishvili, Anna Mikhalkova, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Archil Gelovani, Igor Mishin

Profiles

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David Turashvili (Georgian: დავით ტურაშვილი) (born May 10, 1966, Tbilisi) is a Georgian fiction writer.

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Biography

In 1989, he was one of the leaders of the student protest action taking place at the Davidgareja monasteries in eastern Georgia, whose territory was exploited by the Soviet Union military as a training ground. His first novels, published in 1988, are based on the turmoil of those events. The premier of his play Jeans Generation was held in May 2001. Turashvili's other publications include the travelogues Katmandu (1998) and Known and Unknown America (1993), and two collections of short fiction and movie scripts; his first collection of short fiction is Merani (1991).

Besides scripts, he writes novels, short stories and plays. Dato Turashvili has published about 16 books in Georgia. His works are translated into seven languages and published in different periodical editions of various countries. His novel Jeans Generation has already been published in five European countries. He is the author of Georgian best-sellers and has participated in Alpinists’ expedition in the mountains of the Caucasus, Andes and Himalayas. Furthermore, he is the author of scientific-research letters in literary criticism and historiography. He has translated both prosaic and poetic texts from Russian , Spanish, Turkish and English languages.

Translations

  • Jeans Generation, Translated into Dutch language by Ingrid Dekhrave, publishing house Cossee (2013)
  • Jeans Generation, translated into Croatian language, publishing house Sandorf (2013)
  • Jeans Generation, translated into Italian language by Ketevan Charkviani, Publishing house Palombi Editori (2013)
  • Jeans Generation, translated into Turkish language by Fahrettin Çiloğlu, Publishing house Ezgi Kitabevi (2012)
  • Awards

  • Literary Award “Saba” in the nomination “The Best Play”. Black Sneakers (2008)
  • References

    David Turashvili Wikipedia