Galaction Tabidze

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Galaktion Tabidze, 1915
Galaktion Tabidses grave on the Pantheon in Tbilisi

Galaktion Tabidze ( Georgian გალაკტიონ ტაბიძე ; born November 6, 1891 in Tschqwischi near Wani ; † March 17, 1959 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian poet and co-founder of the avant-garde poet group Blue Horns .

Life

Tabidze attended the Georgian grammar school in Kutaisi and then completed the theological seminar in Tbilisi . At the age of 16 he began to publish poetry. His first volume of poetry was published in 1914, his second, Artificial Flowers , in 1916. It was a great success with the public. The poems were influenced by French symbolism , thematized sonorous and onomatopoeic loneliness , isolation , lovelessness and nightmarish premonitions . The poems Without Love (1913), Ich und die Nacht (1913), The Wind blows (1924) and The Moon of Mtatsminda were particularly popular . In 1915 he co-founded the group of writers Blue Horns , which played an important role in the renewal of Georgian literature and made a name for itself through radical literary experiments.

The Soviet Union tolerated the popular poet, but put him under pressure. His poems at first became more cryptic and nightmarish. At the end of the 1920s he turned away from symbolism and sought refuge in a state-tolerated, patriotically oriented realism : "We give our heart to our country." Between the lines he caricatured Soviet politics. During the Stalin Purge in the late 1930s, his wife Olga and brother-in-law were arrested by the NKVD . His wife died in a Siberian labor camp in 1944 and his brother-in-law was shot. Tabidze became depressed and developed into an alcoholic .

In Tbilisi he was a well-known figure when he wandered through the streets drunk and talked to himself. He only wrote poems occasionally, including an 80-liner in honor of the cathedral of Nikorzminda in Ratscha. In 1959 he was hospitalized with irreparable health problems. A few days later he jumped out of a window on the third floor and died from serious injuries. He was buried on the Pantheon in Tbilisi. His grave is adorned with a bronze bust.

The composer Giya Kancheli used texts by Tabidze for his Requiem Lichte Trauer , composed between 1984 and 1985 , the conductor Jansug Kachidze set The Moon of Mtatsminda for symphony orchestra and the city of Tbilisi honored him with a memorial and a street name.

Tabidze was married to Olga Okudschawa and was a cousin of the poet Titian Tabidze , who like him belonged to the Blue Horns group.

Works

  • Peach blossoms . In: Bedi Kartlisa , Paris 1958
  • Mtatsminda moon . In: Bedi Kartlisa , Paris 1972
  • Galaction Tabidze . Independent publishing house bookstore Ackerstrasse, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-86172-025-6
  • Ten poems . Ganatleba, Tbilisi 1975
  • Stihotvoreniâ . Sovetskii pisatel, Moskva / Leningrad 1983

literature

  • Steffi Chotiwari-Jünger: Tabije (Tabidse), Galaktion . In: Gero von Wilpert: Lexicon of world literature . Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart 2004
  • Kristiane Lichtenfeld : Galaction Tabidse . In: Georgica . 15: 119-126 (1992)
  • Donald Rayfield: Georgian Poetry: Titsian and Galaktion Tabidze . Modern Poetry in Translation, 1979
  • Donald Rayfield: The Literature of Georgia: A History . Routledge, London 2000, ISBN 0-7007-1163-5

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personal data
SURNAME Tabidze, galactic action
ALTERNATIVE NAMES გალაკტიონ ტაბიძე (Georgian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Tschqwischi near Wani
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1959
Place of death Georgian SSR