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Zaza Burchuladze (Georgian: ზაზა ბურჭულაძე) (born 9 September 1973 in Tbilisi, Georgia; reborn 14 December 2013 in Berlin, Germany) is a contemporary postmodern Georgian novelist and dramatist.
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Biography
Zaza Burchuladze He graduated the monumental and ornamental painting department of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. He began writing and publishing his books at the age of 24.
Since 1998 he has been publishing his stories in Georgian newspapers and magazines such as “Alternative”, “Anabechdi” (Fingerprint), etc. He worked as a freelance journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and taught literature and contemporary art at the Caucasian Media Institute. He worked as a freelance journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and taught literature and contemporary art at the Caucasian Media Institute
Until 2001 published his works under a pen-name of Gregor Samsa. Translated into Georgian books of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Daniil Kharms.
Zaza Burchuladze’ narratives often startle the audience with his experimental way of writing And the provocative themes that the author takes up and mostly are considered taboos: he writes texts about political conformity, stories about violence and brutality, addressing ideological and religious topics as well as sexuality. But, In Georgia, he is well known not only for his scandalous novels.
In 2007 starred in “Jaqo's Dispossessed”, film based on Mikheil Javakhishvili’s novel of the same name.
Burchuladze's books have been translated into English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Polish and Romanian.
His novel The Inflatable Angel won the prize of 'Best Novel of the Year' in 2011, an annual literary award held by Ilia State University.