Sergo Kldiashvili
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Sergo Kldiashvili ( ka, სერგო კლდიაშვილი) (18 October 1893 – 1986) was a Georgian and
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prose-writer who set out to be
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but then was drawn to conformist Realist prose under Soviet rule. He was the son of the noted novelist David Kldiashvili whom Sergo would dedicate a special book in 1945. He attended the
Kutaisi Kutaisi ( ; ka, ქუთაისი ) is a city in the Imereti region of the Georgia (country), Republic of Georgia. One of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is the List o ...
gymnasium which produced many of Georgia's 20th-century intellectuals, and then studied law in
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. Returning to Georgia, he joined Grigol Robakidze’s Symbolist group Blue Horns and wrote in a moderately ''The Adventures of Squire Lakhundareli'' (აზნაურ ლახუნდარელის თავგადასავალი, 1927), the plays ''A Generation of Heroes'' (გმირთა თაობა, 1937), ''Deer’s Gorge'' (ირმის ხევი, 1944).


References

* Rayfield, Donald (2000), '' The Literature of Georgia: A History'': 2nd edition, p. 246. Routledge, . 1893 births 1986 deaths 20th-century dramatists and playwrights from Georgia (country) People from Kutais Governorate Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Dramatists and playwrights from Georgia (country) Male writers from Georgia (country) Soviet dramatists and playwrights Soviet male writers Burials at Didube Pantheon {{georgia-writer-stub