Gaston Bouatchidzé ( ka, გასტონ ბუაჩიძე; 21 October 1935 – 12 July 2022) was a Georgian-French writer and translator. Bouatchidzé was born in

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of a French mother and Georgian father who had lived in France for ten years before moving to the

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in 1934. Bouatchidzé graduated from the Lviv University,

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, in 1958 and specialized in the

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and

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. He was a professor of French literature at the

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

from 1960 to 1990, and an associate professor of comparative literary studies at the

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from 1991 to 2001. He has translated several pieces of Georgian literature into French, and vice versa. A principal subject of his research is the history of Franco-Georgian literary contacts. He was instrumental in forging sisterly ties between the cities of Nantes and Tbilisi, and in organizing the exhibition of the Georgian painter Pirosmani at the Nantes Museum of Fine Arts in 1999.Visitors From The Sister City.
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– Gaston Bouatchidzé’s translation of '' The Knight in the Panther's Skin'' by Shota Rustaveli 1935 births 2022 deaths University of Lviv alumni Writers from Tbilisi Translators from Georgia (country) Translators from Georgian Translators to French French people of Georgian descent Tbilisi State University alumni Academic staff of Nantes University Georgian people of French descent {{Georgia-translator-stub