Naira Gelashvili
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Born28 October 1947
Sighnaghi, Georgian SSR
Sighnaghi, Georgian SSR
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, Poet
Literary movementModernism, magical realism
Notable worksThe Ambri, the Umbri and the Arab I am that One
Naira Gelashvili | |
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| Born | 28 October 1947 Sighnaghi, Georgian SSR |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, Poet |
| Literary movement | Modernism, magical realism |
| Notable works | The Ambri, the Umbri and the Arab I am that One |
| Spouse | Giwi Margwelaschwili (1970-2020; his death) |
| Children | 1 |
Naira Gelashvili (Georgian: ნაირა გელაშვილი) (born 28 October 1947) is a Georgian fiction writer, philologist, Germanist, and civil society activist.
Gelashvili graduated from the Faculty of Western European Literature, Tbilisi State University, in 1970. She has published a series of stories and the novel dedis otakhi (დედის ოთახი; "The Mother’s Room", 1985). She is one of the most ardent followers of European existentialist prose in modern Georgian literature.[1][2] Gelashvili has also studied folklore of the Caucasian peoples and heads the cultural NGO The Caucasian House.[3]
