Denis Kirshalovich Chachkhalia (; ; born 21 August 1950, in

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, Abkhazia) is an Abkhazian writer, historian, and translator. Chachkhalia born in the family of Abkhazian poet Kirshal Chachkhalia. In 1973 he graduated from the Literary Institute at the Writer’s Union of the USSR in Moscow. He was working as a correspondent in the newspaper "Soviet Abkhazia", literary consultant of the writers union of Abkhazia. In the 1970s he published his collected poems: "Behind the horizon line", "Two heavens", "Relationship extent. In the beginning of the 1980s his work was included in the collected stories and drama "The Lonely Alder's Ford". Several stories were published in foreign languages. There are translations of Russian (

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, Kirshal Chachkhalia, Anatoly Adzhindzhal, Taif Adzhba, Gennady Alamia, Rushbey Smir, translated into Russian, were published in Moscow, Leningrad, Sukhumi. In 1984—1989 he lectured at the Literary Institute in Moscow, leading the seminar on translation of Abkhazian poetry and prose. Then he established and headed Literary fond of writers union of Republic of Abkhazia in Sukhumi. Chachkhalia later served as vice-chairman of the board of the Writers Union of Republic of Abkhazia for foreign affairs. Since the 1990s he lived and worked in Moscow, where he published the books "Abkhazian Orthodox Church. Chronicle. Additions" and "Abkhazian Tsars Chronicle". He also edited several books, including: Karla Serena "Traveling along Abkhazia" (1997), F. Bodenshtedt "Along major and minor Abkhazia. About Cherkessia" (2002).

Sources

* "The Adyghe (Cherkess) Encyclopedia". M., 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Chachkalia, Denis 1950 births Living people Abkhazian historians Abkhazian poets Abkhazian writers People from Tkvarcheli District Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni