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Gala (literary Prize)
Gala ( Georgian: გალა) is a literary competition founded under the aegis of the Tbilisi Sakrebulo (Tbilisi City Assembly, Georgia). The idea of the competition belongs to writer and member of Tbilisi City Assembly Zaal Samadashvili. The competition presents awards in seven categories. Winners receive a copy of a Bronze Age axe and prize money (4000 GEL). The idea of Bronze Age axe sketch pertains to sculptor Gogi Ochiauri, whereas the prize itself was elaborated by Tbilisi City Assembly member Khatuna Ochiauri. Awards * Best book * Best handbook * Best translation * Best book for children * Best illustration * Best literary project * Best screenplay (since 2011) Winners Gala 2007 * The best handbook: Jemal Karchkhadze for book of selected stories * The best translation: Elza Akhvlediani for translation of '' The Autumn of the Patriarch'' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez * The best illustration: Levan Kharanauli and publishing house Litera for illustrating Cervantes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tbilisi Sakrebulo
The Tbilisi Sakrebulo ( ka, თბილისის საკრებულო, tr) is a representative body in the city government of Tbilisi, Georgia. It is also known in English as the Tbilisi City Council or Tbilisi Assembly. Sakrebulos were established as the legislative branch of local government not only in Tbilisi, but throughout Georgia, by reforms instituted in 1991 as the country declared independence from the Soviet Union. Composition The members of the Sakrebulo are selected through a mixed electoral system. Of the 50 seats, 40 are filled through direct elections in local districts of the city. The remaining 10 members are chosen by political parties and are apportioned according to their support citywide. From 2021 assembly has 29 members from the ruling Georgian Dream, 13 from the United National Movement, 4 from For Georgia, 2 from Lelo, 1 from Girchi - More Freedom and 1 from For the People. Powers In accordance with the Code of Local Self- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language.Biography: Rainer Maria Rilke 1875–1926 Poetry Foundation website. Retrieved 2 February 2013. His work has been seen by critics and scholars as having undertones of mysticism, exploring themes of experience and disbelief. His writings include one novel, several collections of poetry and several v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vazha-Pshavela (biographical Novel)
''Vazha-Pshavela'' (''ვაჟა–ფშაველა'') is a 2011 Georgian Biographical novel by author Miho Mosulishvili. Anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in 2010-2011 The General Conference, by its 35C/Resolution 72, approved the following list of anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in 2010-2011 (listed in the French alphabetical order of Member States): (24) 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaja-Pshavela, writer (1861-1915) (Georgia) 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaja-Pshavela 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaja-Pshavela, writer (1861-1915): Vaja-Pshavela (the pseudonym of Luka Razikashvili, 1861-1915) was a Georgian thinker, poet and writer. Vaja-Pshavela's poetry represents the summit of nineteenth-century Georgian realism. He was born in the small Pshavian village of Chargali. He graduated from teachers' seminary and studied law at Saint Petersburg University. Vaja-Pshavela wrote most of his verses, poems and stories in the vicinity o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Mosulishvili
Mikheil "Miho" Mosulishvili (; ka, მიხეილ "მიხო" მოსულიშვილი; born December 10, 1962) is a Georgian writer and playwright. Biography Mosulishvili graduated in 1986 from the Tbilisi State University. Afterwards, he worked as a geologist and as a journalist in various newspapers, published several Georgian stories, novels, translations, and plays. His plays were performed in Georgia at theaters, on television and on radio. Some of his works have been translated into Latvian, English, German, Armenian and Russian. His main works are '' Flight Without a tun'' and biographical novel '' Vazha-Pshavela''. The physicist Liguri Mosulishvili was Miho's uncle; and the style of his different thinking had influence on Miho Mosulishvili's creativity. Works Books * ''My Redbreast'', Glosa Publishing, 2015 * ''Laudakia Caucasia'', or A Happy Psychological Portrait of a Century of Wrath, created by Mikhael Tonet’s furniture and by our Tears, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's AdSense program, which seeks to generate more revenue for both parties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariam Tsiklauri
Mariam Tsiklauri (; ka, მარიამ წიკლაური; born 18 March 1960) is a Georgian poet, children's author and translator. Biography Mariam Tsiklauri was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1983 as a chemist. She worked as a teacher as well as editor for various publishing houses. She also works as the curator for the Living library project from the Ministry of Culture. Mariam Tsiklauri is one of the founders of Children's Literature Development Fund – Libo. She is also the author of Georgian-English anthology Georgian Female Poets, comprising poems of 32 Georgian female authors. Her poems have been translated to Lithuanian, English, German, Swedish, Ukrainian, Italian, Russian, Armenian, Czech, Slovakian and Polish languages. Works Books * ''I Hear Poems Cooee'', 2001, * ''Wing of Mist Shall I Spread'', 2006, * ''Lanterner'', 2009, * ''White Calf'', 2010, * ''Ritual of Evermore'', 2012, * ''Standing Pray for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orhan Pamuk
Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three languages, making him the country's best-selling writer. Pamuk is the author of novels including '' Silent House'', '' The White Castle'', ''The Black Book'', '' The New Life'', '' My Name Is Red'', '' Snow'', '' The Museum of Innocence'', '' A Strangeness in My Mind'' and '' The Red-Haired Woman''. He is the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches writing and comparative literature. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018. Of partial Circassian descent and born in Istanbul, Pamuk is the first Turkish Nobel laureate. He is also the recipient of numerous other literary awards. ''My Name Is Red'' won the 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, 2002 Premio Grinzane Cavour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Name Is Red
''My Name Is Red'' ( tr, Benim Adım Kırmızı) is a 1998 Turkish novel by writer Orhan Pamuk translated into English by Erdağ Göknar in 2001. Pamuk would later receive the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. The novel, concerning miniaturists in the Ottoman Empire of 1591, established Pamuk's international reputation and contributed to his Nobel Prize. The influences of Joyce, Kafka, Mann, Nabokov and Proust and above all Eco can be seen in Pamuk's work. The book has been translated into more than 60 languages since publication. The French translation won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger and the Italian version the Premio Grinzane Cavour in 2002. The English translation, ''My Name Is Red'', won the International Dublin Literary Award in 2003. In recognition of its status in Pamuk's oeuvre, the novel was re-published in Erdağ Göknar's translation as part of the Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics series in 2010. BBC Radio 4 broadcast an adaptation of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zurab Lezhava
Zurab (Georgian: ზურაბ) is a Georgian masculine given name. It derives from the Persian Sohrab, a name of the legendary warrior from Ferdowsi's ''Shahnameh''. It may refer to: *Zurab Adeishvili (born 1972), Georgian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice of Georgia since 2008 *Zurab Arziani (born 1987), Georgian footballer *Zurab Avalishvili (1876–1944), Georgian historian, jurist and diplomat *Zurab Azmaiparashvili (born 1960), chess Grandmaster from Georgia *Zurab Ionanidze (born 1971), footballer for FC Zestafoni, in Georgia's Umaglesi Liga *Zurab Khizanishvili (born 1981), Georgian professional football player who plays for Reading *Zurab Mamaladze (born 1982), Georgian association footballer who plays for Zestaponi *Zurab Menteshashvili (born 1980), football midfielder from Georgia *Zurab Nadarejshvili (born 1957), Georgian composer *Zurab Noghaideli (born 1964), Georgian businessman, politician, Prime Minister of Georgia 2005–2007 *Zurab Pochkhua (born 1963), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by a tornado. Upon her arrival in Oz, she learns she cannot return home until she has destroyed the Wicked Witch of the West. The book was first published in the United States in May 1900 by the George M. Hill Company. In January 1901, the publishing company completed printing the first edition, a total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out. It had sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956. It was often reprinted under the title ''The Wizard of Oz'', which is the title of the successful The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical), 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), 1939 live-action film. The ground-breaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaza Tvaradze
Zaza may refer to: Ethnic group * Zazas, a group of people in eastern Anatolia (southeastern Turkey) * Zaza–Gorani languages, Indo-Iranian languages ** Zaza language, spoken by the Zazas People Given name * Zaza Sor. Aree (born 1993), Thai kickboxer * Zaza Burchuladze (born 1973), Georgian novelist and dramatist * Zaza Chelidze (born 1987), Georgian football player * Zaza Chkhaidze (born 1974), Georgian major general * Zaza Eloshvili (1964–2001), Georgian footballer * Zaza Enden (born 1976), Turkish professional wrestler * Zaza Gogava (born 1971), Georgian Major General * Zaza Gorozia (born 1975), Georgian politician * Zaza Harvey (1879–1954), American baseball player * Zaza Janashia (born 1976), Georgian footballer * Zaza Kedelashvili (born 1985), Georgian judoka * Zaza Kolelishvili (born 1957), Georgian actor, film director and artist * Zaza Korinteli (aka Zumba; born 1973), Georgian rock musician, folklorist and civic activist * ZaZa Maree (born 1997), American singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( , ) was a French novelist, polemicist and physician. His first novel '' Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the '' Prix Renaudot'' but divided critics due to the author's pessimistic depiction of the human condition and his writing style based on working class speech. In subsequent novels such as ''Death on the Installment Plan'' (1936), ''Guignol's Band'' (1944) and '' Castle to Castle'' (1957) Céline further developed an innovative and distinctive literary style. Maurice Nadeau wrote: "What Joyce did for the English language…what the surrealists attempted to do for the French language, Céline achieved effortlessly and on a vast scale." From 1937 Céline wrote a series of antisemitic polemical works in which he advocated a military alliance with Nazi Germany. He continued to publicly espouse antisemitic views during the German occupation of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
