Shota Iatashvili ( Georgian: შოთა იათაშვილი; born September 2, 1966) is a Georgian poet, prose writer, translator, and art critic. The winner of the "Saba" literary prize in 2005, in the nomination of the best poetry collection of the year.

Biography

Shota Iatashvili was born on September 2, 1966, in

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. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

in 1988, and in 1990 he graduated from the film directing courses of the Faculty of Public Professions. In 1989–1990, he was a mathematics teacher at the 46th secondary school. In 1990–1991, assistant director of the film studio. In 1992, he became the director of "Ibervision" TV station. In 1993, his poetic debut "Wings of Death" was published. From 1993 to 1997, he worked as an editor of the literary newspapers "Rubikon" and "Third Way". From 1994 to 1996, he was the director and actor of the Tbilisi Performance Theater; From 1995 to 1997, the editor-in-chief of "Seraphim Theater" newspaper. In 1997–2000, he was the manager of the literary section of the "Studio" magazine. Since 2003, he has been the editor of the "Caucasian House" publishing house. He is the author of 8 collections of poetry and 3 collections of short stories. His works have been translated into

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languages. He participated in international poetry festivals: ORIENT-OCCIDENT (

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, 2006), EST-QUEST (Di, France 2006), Poetry International (

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, 2007), V and VI Poetry Biennale (

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, 2007, 2009), SOTZIA (

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, 2008), "Poetry Days" (

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, 2008), Киевские лавры (Kyiv, 2009) and others. He translated the works of

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and American poets into the Georgian language.poetry.ge
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References

External links

nplg.gov.ge

Shota Iatashvili at Indigo

Shota Iatashvili at Poetry International

Shota Iatashvili
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