Razhden Matveyevich Gvetadze (or Ražden Gvetaże, ka, რაჟდენ გვეტაძე, ; 29 July 1897 – 1 December 1952) was a Georgian Soviet writer and translator.
Life
Razhden Matveyevich Gvetadze was born on 29 July 1897 in Tsikhia, now
Tkibuli
Tkibuli or Tqibuli ( ka, ტყიბული ) is a town in west-central Georgia (country), Georgia of 8,130 residents (January 2024). located in the Imereti region at the foot of the Racha Range and the Nakerala limestone cliff, which marks ...
municipality, Georgia.
After graduating from three classes, he was forced to start working.
At the same time he studied at the evening school and took his first steps in literature.
His poems were first published in 1913, and his first book, ''The Moonlight Tale'', was published in 1915.
He was close to the
Blue Horns group, which was reflected in his early work, but he was one of the first to move away from these
symbolists
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when the Soviet authority was established in Georgia.
His first novel, ''Theo'', published in 1930, described the struggle for the establishment of Soviet authority in Georgia.
It was followed by ''Ciacocona'' and, in 1935, a collection of stories, ''Evenings of Lashuri''.
Gvetadze devoted many prose and poetic works to
World War II
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.
Among the collections are ''Righteous novels'', ''Life begins again'', the poems ''Letter from a son'' and many others.
The poem ''Song of Shalamberidze'' became a popular song.
The writer's prose works are distinguished by high professionalism and deep emotions, and his poems are musical and simple.
Gvetadze was engaged in translation.
He enriched Georgian literature with translations of world classics such as the ancient epic ''
Ramayana
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'' and the French epic ''
The Song of Roland
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''.
He also translated the works of
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*Aleksandr Nekrasov (1883–1957), Russian mathematician and academician
*Andrei Nekrasov (born 195 ...
,
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and other Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian and Belarusian writers.
In 1935–1950 he headed the publishing house ''Federation'' ("Soviet writer").
Gvetadze died on 1 December 1952 in
Tbilisi
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.
He was buried in the
Didube Pantheon
The Didube Pantheon ( ka, დიდუბის მწერალთა და საზოგადო მოღვაწეთა პანთეონი) is a cemetery in Tbilisi, Georgia, where some of the most prominent writers, artists, sc ...
of writers and public figures.
Works
* ''Teo'' (1930)
* ''The Bonfire'' (1932)
* ''Evenings in Lashaur'' (1934)
* ''Byelorussian Novellas'' (1935)
* ''Ramayana'' – translation (1943)
* the ''Truthful Novellas'' series (1943)
* ''Life Begins Again'' (1949)
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1897 births
1952 deaths
Writers from Georgia (country)
People from Imereti