Otar Tschiladze

Otar Tschiladze ( Georgian ოთარ ჭილაძე ; born March 20, 1933 in Sighnaghi , Georgia , † October 1, 2009 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian writer , poet and playwright . He is considered one of the classics of Georgian literature of the second half of the 20th century. After his death in 2009, he was given a grave of honor in the Mtatsminda pantheon .

Works

Poetry

• Trains and travelers , 1959
• Clay tablets , 1963
• The iron bed , 1965
• The year of light , 1967
• The child played at the request of the guests , 1968
• Nine Poemes , 1969
• The other side of the heart , 1974
• Think about life , 1984

Novels

• A man walked the way , 1973 - published in German ( Der Garten der Dariatschangi ) Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2015, in the translation by Kristiane Lichtenfeld .
• That whoever finds me kill me , 1976, German under the title "... that whoever finds me kill me", Berlin 1983, published in a translation by Leonore Weist.
• Das Eiserne Theater , 1981, German published by Volk und Welt, Berlin 1988, translated by Kristiane Lichtenfeld.
• The Märzenhahn , 1987
• Awelum , 1995, German published by Volk und Welt, Berlin 1998, in the translation by Kristiane Lichtenfeld.
• The basket (Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2018)

drama

• The labyrinth , 1990

literature

• Steffi Chotiwari-Jünger: The development of the Georgian historical novel. Micheil Jawachishvili, Konstantine Gamsachurdia, Grigol Abashidze, Tschabua Amiredshibi and Otar Tschiladze. Peter Lang, Frankfurt 1993, ISBN 3-631-45691-3 (on the novels: "... that anyone who finds me will kill me" and "Das Eiserne Theater" pp. 133–155)
• Steffi Chotiwari-Jünger: The struggle for love and freedom in the novel “Awelum” by Otar Tschiladze. In: "Georgica" 25 (2002), pp. 91-97.

Web links

• Literature by and about Otʹar Čilaje in the catalog of the German National Library