Diana Anphimiadi (, also

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''Anpimiadi, Anfimiadi''; born 1982) is a Georgian

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, journalist, publicist,

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and teacher.

Early life

Anphimiadi was born in

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in 1982. She has

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ancestry. She attended Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, studying the Georgian languages, and later received a Master's in linguistics.

Career

Anphimiadi released her first work in 2008, winning first prize in the 2008 Tsero (Crane) literary contest and the Saba literary award for best first collection. As well as several poetry collections, she published a selection of stories, memories and recipes in 2012, entitled ''Personal Cuisine''. A

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of her work was published in 2018 in English, and a full collection of her work (''Why I No Longer Write Poems'') in 2022 by

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. According to her publisher, "Her award-winning work reflects an exceptionally curious mind and glides between classical allusions and surreal imagery. She revivifies ancient myths and tests the reality of our senses against the limits of sense. Boldly inventive, prayers appear alongside recipes, dance lessons next to definitions. Her playful, witty

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offers a glimpse of the eternal in the everyday." In ''

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'',

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called it "gorgeous, fabulising verse." ''Why I No Longer Write Poems'' won a PEN Translates Award. In 2021, some of her poetry was published in French translation as part of an

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of Georgian women's poetry.

Bibliography

Poetry

In Georgian: * შოკოლადი ''shok’oladi'' ("Chocolate", 2008) * კონსპექტური მითოლოგია ''k’onsp’ekt’uri mitologia'' ("Resumé of Mythology", 2009) * ახლოხედვის ტრაექტორია ''akhlokhedvis t’raekt’oria'' ("Trajectory of the Short-Sighted", 2012) * ჩრდილის ამოჭრა ''chrdilis amoch’ra'' ("Cutting the Shadow", 2015) Parallel English and Georgian: (both translated by Natalia Bukia-Peters and

Jean Sprackland Jean Sprackland (born 1962) is an English poet and writer, the author of five collections of poetry and two books of essays about place and nature. Biography Originally from Burton upon Trent, Jean Sprackland studied English and Philosophy at th ...

) *''Beginning to Speak'' (2018) *''Why I No Longer Write Poems'' (2022)

Prose

* პირადი კულინარია ''p’iradi k’ulinaria'' ("Personal Cuisine", 2012)

Personal life

Anphimiadi lives in

. She is currently preparing a

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at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anphimiadi, Diana Georgian people of Greek descent 1982 births Women poets from Georgia (country) 21st-century poets from Georgia (country) Writers from Tbilisi Tbilisi State University alumni Living people