Beka Adamashvili
Beka Adamashvili ( Georgian ბექა ადამაშვილი * 1990 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian writer and blogger .
Life and work
Adamaschwili studied journalism and social sciences at the private Caucasus University in Tbilisi from 2007 . Between 2009 and 2013 he was active as a satirical and humorous blogger. With his short story XXVIII: Endepunkt , he won first prize in 2013 at the student literary competition “Herbstlegende”. Adamashvili's parodistic metafictional debut novel Bestseller was shortlisted for the Georgian literary prizes SABA and Tsinandali in 2014 . His second novel In This Book Everyone Dies was awarded the European Union Literature Prize in 2019 .
Adamashvili worked as a screenwriter for the political satirical show "Daily Pills by Vasiko Odishvili" and is the creative director of the Georgian advertising agency Leavingstone.
Works (selection)
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ამ რომანში ყველა კვდება (novel), Bakur Sulakauri Verlag, Tbilisi 2018, ISBN 978-9941-30-199-5 .
- In this book everyone dies (novel), Voland & Quist, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-86391-252-9 .
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ბესტსელერი (novel), Bakur Sulakauri Verlag, Tbilisi 2014, ISBN 978-9941-23-244-2 .
- Bestseller (Roman), Voland & Quist, Dresden 2017, ISBN 978-3-86391-183-6 .
Web links
- Short biography and reviews of works by Beka Adamaschwili at perlentaucher.de
- Author website at Voland & Quist
- Beka Adamashvili's Blog (Georgian)
- Beka Adamashvili's short story XXVIII: წერტილი (Georgian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Georgian National Book Center, Adamashwili Beka at: book.gov.ge (2014), accessed on August 7, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Georgian National Book Center, სტუდენტური ლიტერატურული კონკურსი "შემოდგომის ლეგენდა on: tsu.ge (September 16, 2013), accessed August 7, 2020 (Georgian).
- ↑ a b EUPL, Beqa Adamashvili on: euprizeliterature.eu (September 16, 2013), accessed on August 7, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Leonie Hohmann, A hell for writers , a heaven for readers on: litaffin.de (January 10, 2018), accessed on August 7, 2020.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Adamashvili, Beka |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adamašvili, Bek̕a; Adamashvili, Beqa |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian writer and blogger |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tbilisi |