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Vaja Gigashvili (IPA: [vɑʒɑ ɡiɡɑʃvili]; Georgian: ვაჟა გიგაშვილი; (October 15, 1936 — December 31, 2017) was a Georgian writer and playwright.

Vaja Gigashvili
Gigashvili in 2015
Born	Vaja Gigashvili (1936-10-15)October 15, 1936 Tbilisi, Georgia
Died	December 31, 2017(2017-12-31) (aged 81) Tbilisi
Occupation	novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, translator
Genre	short story, novel, screenplay
Literary movement	modernism
Notable works	Stories from a Poet Who Seldom Wrote Poems, (2017)
Website
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Biography

Gigashvili graduated in 1961 from Georgian Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design. Afterwards, he worked as an architect, published several Georgian stories, novels, and translated stories of Thomas Pynchon. Also he is screenwriter award-winning movie The Legend of Suram Fortress. Some of his works have been translated into English, French and Russian.

His main works are Stories from a Poet Who Seldom Wrote Poems, 2017.

Works

Books

• Stories from a Poet Who Seldom Wrote Poems,[1] Tbilisi, Intelekti Publishing, 2017
• Day and Time 1956-1966,[2] Tbilisi, Intelekti Publishing, 2017
• One Person Kaplanishvili, Tbilisi, Palitra L publishing, 2010
• Warm bed and cold night, Tbilisi, Merani publishing, 2006
• Hunting in Chong-Tash, Tbilisi, Nakaduli publishing, 1976

Literary prizes and awards

• Saguramo literary prize, 2009
• Gold Medal of Pen Club, 2015

References

External links

• Vaja Gigashvili
• The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985)
• Vaja Gigashvili
• Gigašvili, Važa

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