Manana Chitishvili (; born 13 November 1954, Korinta) is a
Georgian poet
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and academic, whose works have been translated into five languages.
Biography
Chitishvili was born on 13 November 1954 to an
Ossetian family in the village of Korinta, near
Akhalgori
Akhalgori ( ka, ახალგორი; ) is a town in Georgia (in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, according to the official administrative division of Georgia). The name Akhalgori is the original historical name of the town used by the Georgians ...
in
South Ossetia
South Ossetia, officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus with International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, partial diplomatic recognition. It has an offici ...
.
In 1974 she graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology at
Gori State Teaching University.
After graduation she worked for a regional newspaper as Executive Secretary until 1981; from 1982 to 1985 she was Deputy Editor.
In 1986 she defended her PhD dissertation on the life and work of
Nikolo Mitsishvili (
ka).
Poetry
Chitishvili began writing poetry at a young age.
Her poems have been translated into Italian, English, Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian.
She is known for her simple, poetic style; which continues a long tradition of Georgian tragic poetry. She is known for also introducing new rhythms to traditional poetic styles. Her work has been studied in the context of changed to women's lives during the twentieth century. Her poetry is also known for mimicking the mountain dialect
Xevsurian.
Awards
* Galaktion Tabidze Award
* Georgian Writers' Union Award
* Vladimir Mayakovsky Union Youth Prize
* Iakop Gogebashvili Medal
Bibliography
* "On the Ksani river": Poems (author). - Tbilisi, Merani, 1979.
* "Field Colors": Poems (Author). - Tbilisi, Merani, 1984.
* On the Road to Kartli: Poems (Author). - Tbilisi, Merani, 1988.
* "Waiting for the Sun": Poems (author). - Tbilisi, Nakaduli, 1990.
* "You will be saved by my prayer": Poems (author). - Tbilisi, Merani, 1997.
* "100 poems" (author). - Tbilisi, Intellect, 2001.
* "At least it was called Georgia": Poems (author). - Tbilisi, Intellect, 2010.
References
External links
Poem
გაზაფხული ქართლში/Spring in Kartli
Poem
Living people
1954 births
Women poets from Georgia (country)
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South Ossetian people