Zurab Samadashvili


Zurab Samadashvili was a Georgian writer and playwright.

Biography

Samadashvili was born in Tbilisi on January 29, 1955.
In 1972, he graduated from both the Tbilisi School No. 51 and a music school. In 1977, he graduated from the Faculty of Technology of the Agricultural University of Georgia, specializing in engineering and technology.
Samadashvili's poems were first published in Nobat magazine in 1983 and made their prose debut with the short story Dubliners in the 1986 issue of Mnatobi, No. 7.
In 2010-2012 he was a member of the jury for the Gala (literary prize).
Zurab Samadashvili died in Tbilisi on August 30, 2021.

Works

Books

Two and a half, editor Dato Akhobadze, Tb. Merani publishing, 1990Circle, editor - Lia Sharvashidze, Tb. Merani publishing, 1993Wet Brick, Tb. Saari publishing, 1997Crazy House, Tb. Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House, 1998, 127 pages - ISBN 99928-52-10-0Noisy Days, from series - Urban Prose, editor Dato Abuladze, Tbilisi, Saari publishing, 1999 - ISBN 99928-39-10-4Axiom, Tb. Merani publishing, 2006Drawing lesson, Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015Experiment, Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015Expected Surprises, Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015

Drama

Behind the Door, 1990Circle, 1992Orphans, illustrator Alexander Slovinsky, "Our Writing" Magazine, N6 - N7, Tbilisi, 2010. - ISSN: 1987–7730.Noisy Days, Giga Lortkipanidze Rustavi Theater, 2016Orphans, Sokhumi Theater, directed by Giorgi Kantaria, 2017

Theater

Beyond the Door, Sandro Akhmeteli Theater, directed by Alexander Kantaria, 1990Circle, Sandro Akhmeteli Theater, directed by Alexander Kantaria, 1992Noisy Days Giga Lortkipanidze Rustavi Theater, 2016Orphans, Sokhumi Theater, directed by Giorgi Kantaria, 2017

Radio theater

Noisy Days, directed by Levan Lortkipanidze, 2002

Literary prizes and awards

  • Saba in the nomination "Best Novel of the Year" for the novel "Expected Unexpected", 2016