Georgi Dmitrievich Gulia

Georgi Dmitrijewitsch Gulia ( Russian Георгий Дмитриевич Гулиа ; * March 1 ^July / March 14,  1913 ^greg. In Sukhum ; † October 18, 1989 in Moscow ) was an Abkhaz - Soviet writer whose works can be assigned to the style of socialist realism .

He was the son of the well-known writer and poet Dmitri Gulia and received several awards in the Soviet Union, including the Soviet Union's Decoration of Honor , the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and in 1949 he was awarded the Stalin Prize.

Life

Georgi Gulia was the son of the author Dmitri Gulia in 1913 in Abkhazia Sukhum born. Georgi Gulia originally studied engineering and was involved in the construction of the Black Sea Railway. However, he also began writing short stories at an early age, in 1930 Gulia's first short story was published. After the Second World War he moved to Moscow and became an editor at Literaturnaja Gazeta . At the same time he began to work as a writer. In many of his works, Gulia dealt with his Abkhaz origin and homeland, later he also devoted himself to historical topics.

In German-speaking countries, several of his works were published in the GDR's Roman newspaper, among others . His story Spring in Saken , published in Russian in 1947, was made into a film in 1950. As early as 1949, Gulia finally received the Stalin Prize , the highest civilian award in the Soviet Union at the time. He died in Moscow in 1989 and was buried in the city of his birth in Abkhazia.

Works (selection)

• The good city, 1949, Kultur und Progress publishing house
• Spring in Saken, 1949, Moscow. Publishing house for foreign language literature .
• The girl Kama, 1952, Berlin. Culture & Progress
• The tenth sea: sketches a. Impressions, 1978, Berlin. Publishing house tribune

Web links

• Article Georgi Dmitrijewitsch Gulia in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D16702~2a%3D~2b%3DGeorgi%20Dmitrijewitsch%20Gulia