Leo Kiacheli (Georgian: ლეო ქიაჩელი) (born Leon Shengelaia; February 19, 1884 – December 19, 1963) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He is noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba.[1]
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Native name | ლეო ქიაჩელი |
Born | Obuji, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire | February 19, 1884
Died | December 19, 1963 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | (aged 79)
Pen name | Leo Kiacheli |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Georgian |
Period | 1909–1963 |
Genre | Realism |
Literary movement | Socialist realism |
Notable works | Haki Adzba(1933) Gvadi Bigva(1936) |
Major works
editNovels and novellas
edit- Tariel Golua (1916)
- Almazgir Kibulan (1925)
- Blood (1926—1927)
- Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya) (1927)
- Haki Adzba (1933)
- Gvadi Bigva (1936—1937)
- Man of Mountain (1948)