David TURASHVILI

2001
  • Asia
  • Western Asia
  • Georgia
Georgian
Russian

David TURASHVILI (fiction writer, Georgia, b. 1966, Tbilisi) is lecturer in literary history at Tbilisi State University. In 1989, he was one of the leaders of the student protest action taking place at the David Gareja monasteries in East Georgia. His first novels, published in 1988, are based on the turmoil of those events. The premier of his play Jeans Generation was held in May this year. Mr. Turashvili's other publications include the travelogues Katmandu (1998) and Known and Unknown America (1993), and two collections of short fiction and movie scripts; his first collection of short fiction is Merani (1991). The US State Department is providing his participation in the program.

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