Guram Rcheulishvili ( ka, გურამ რჩეულიშვილი; July 4, 1934, in

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― August 23, 1960, in

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, Georgia) was a Georgian writer.

Biography

Guram Rcheulishvili was born on July 4, 1934, in Tbilisi. In 1957 he graduated from the historical faculty at

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი, tr; often shorten ...

. His first stories, which were printed in the newspaper ''Tsiskari'' in 1957, brought him great success. During his life, only some of his works were published. His collected works, ''Salamura'', were published after his death, in 1961. Rcheulishvili’s prose attracted readers by its style, dialogues, and ideas. His works remain popular. Guram Rcheulishvili’s works have been translated into German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian,

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, and

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. He died in

on August 23, 1960, at age 26 while saving an unknown Russian girl in a rough sea. He is buried in Tbilisi, at Vake Cemetery.

Bibliography

* ''Salamura'', a collection of short stories (1961) * ''Short Stories'' (1995) * ''Iulon Tragedy I'', a dramatic novel, December 1958 (1994) * ''Shasha’s Revolution or Revolution in Ortachala on Cotton Row'' * ''Book in Six Volumes'' (2002-2008) * ''Slow Tango'', short stories (2005)

References

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