Sandro Tsirekidze ( ka, სანდრო ცირეკიძე) (1894 – summer 1923) was a Georgian poet.

Biography

Born in 1894, in

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, he graduated from the school course in 1912 and then continued his studies at

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. Because of health problems he moved to

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. In 1916, he became one of the founder members of the Symbolist group Blue Horns. In the 1920s, he established writers corporation "Writers Publishing Cooperative". At the same time he founded the publishing house "Kirchkhibi." His first book "Mtvareulebi" was published in 1921. He died in summer 1923, and was buried at the Vera Cemetery.

References

The website dedicated to Paolo Iashvili.
1894 births 1923 deaths Male poets from Georgia (country) Symbolist poets People from Kutaisi 20th-century poets from Georgia (country) 20th-century writers from Georgia (country) {{Georgia-poet-stub