Nino Haratischwili ( ka, ნინო ხარატიშვილი; born 8 June 1983) is a

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born German novelist, playwright, and theater director. She has received numerous awards, including the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, the

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, and the

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. Haratischwili was born and raised in

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, Georgia, where she attended a German-language school. To escape the political and social chaos that followed the collapse of the

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, she moved to Germany for two years in the early 1990s with her mother, where she attended seventh and eighth grades of school. Her family returned to Georgia afterwards. Haratischwili later moved to Germany again to attend drama school in Hamburg. After working as a theater director in Hamburg for several years, she published her first book, ''Juja'', in 2010. She became a German citizen in 2012. Haratischwili currently lives in Hamburg.

Bibliography

* ''Der Cousin und Bekina'' (''The Cousin and Bekina''), Katzengraben-Presse, 2001, . * ''Georgia / Liv Stein. Zwei Stücke'' (''Georgia / Liv Stein / Two Plays''), Verlag der Autoren, 2009, . * ''Juja'', Novel, Verbrecher-Verlag, 2010, . * ''Mein sanfter Zwilling'' (''My Gentle Twin''), Novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2011, . * ''Zorn'' (''Anger''), Screen Play, Verlag der Autoren, 2011, . * ''Das achte Leben (Für Brilka)'' (''The Eighth Life (For Brilka)''), Novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2014, . * ''Die Katze und der General'' (''The Cat and the General''), Novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2018, . * ''The Eighth Life (For Brilka)'', translated by

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and Ruth Martin, Scribe, 2019, . * ''L'ottava vita (per Brilka)'', Marsilio, Venice, 2020, .

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