Zaza Burchuladze


Zaza Burchuladze is a contemporary postmodern Georgian novelist and dramatist. Currently, he lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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Biography

Zaza Burchuladze graduated with honors from the monumental and ornamental painting department of Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
Since 1998 he has been publishing his stories in Georgian newspapers and magazines. He worked as a freelance journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty while teaching literature and contemporary art at the Caucasian Media Institute
Until 2001 Burchuladze published his works under a pen-name of Gregor Samsa. He translated the books of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Daniil Kharms into Georgian.
His narratives often startle the audience with experimental writing and provocative themes. He writes about political conformity, violence and brutality, sexuality, and ideological and religious topics.
Burchuladze's books have been translated into several languages.

Novels

My Song, Tbilisi, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2023Zoorama, Tbilisi, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2021Tourist Breakfast, Tbilisi, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2015Inflatable Angel, Tbilisi, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2011adibas, Tbilisi, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2009Instant Kafka, Tbilisi, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2005Mineral Jazz, Tbilisi, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing in 2003

Translations

Zoorama, German, Klett-Cotta Verlag / Tropen, 2022Inflatable Angel, German, Aufbau Verlag / Blumenbar, 2018Tourist Breakfast, German, Aufbau Verlag / Blumenbar, 2017adibas, Czech, Dobrovsky, 2016adibas, German, Aufbau Verlag / Blumenbar, 2015Inflatable Angel, Russian, Ad Marginem, 2014adibas, English, Dalckey Archive, 2014Inflatable Angel, French, L'Âge d'Homme, 2013adibas, Russian, Ad Marginem, 2011Instant Kafka, Russian, Ad Marginem, 2008Mineral Jazz, Russian, Ad Marginem, 2007

Literary awards

  • Work Stipend from Senate of Berlin, 2020
  • „Brücke Berlin“ Prize for Tourist Breakfast, 2018
  • Best Georgian Novel of the year for Inflatable Angel, 2011
  • Best Georgian Novel of the year for Mineral Jazz, 2003