Polikarpe Kakabadse
Polikarpe Kakabadse ( Georgian პოლიკარპე კაკაბაძე ; February 23rd July / March 7th 1895 greg. In Choni ; † October 17, 1972 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian - Soviet playwright.
biography
Polikarpe Kakabadse was born on March 7, 1895 into a farming family. His artistic career began in 1918. In his pieces, Kakabadse distinguished himself as a subtle psychologist and an excellent observer of rural life. In Georgia he is considered a master of dialogue. His best-known play is the comedy Qwarqware Tutaberi ( ყვარყვარე თუთაბერი ; also Kvarkvare Tutaberi ), which tells the story of a no-good who becomes head of government through revolutionary confusion. Kakabadse was a staunch pacifist . The story was filmed in 1978 by Dewi Abashidze. Another film, Qalishvili khidobnidan (ქალიშვილი ხიდებობიანი ; also Dewuschka is Chidobani ) (1940), directed by Diomide Antadze, goes back to the piece peasant wedding .
In his native town of Choni there is a museum with publications, photographs and documentation material on his life and work.
Awards
A street in Tbilisi is named after him.
Pieces
- At the Crossroads (1918)
- Three virgins
- Before dawn
- The prisoner of Lisbon (1925)
- Qwarqware Tutaberi (1928)
- Peasant Wedding (1937)
- The sword of Kahaber
- Wachtang I
- Bagrat VII
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kvarkvare on IMDb . Retrieved December 18, 2017
- ↑ Kvarkvare on Youtube . Retrieved December 18, 2017
- ↑ Qalishvili khidobnidan on IMDb . Retrieved December 23, 2017
- ↑ Polikarpe Kakabadze House Museum , Honi . Retrieved December 18, 2017
- ↑ Polikarpe Kakabadze Street , Tbilisi, Georgia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kakabadse, Polikarpe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kakabadze, Polikarpe (alternative transcription); კაკაბაძე, პოლიკარპე (Georgian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian-Soviet playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Choni |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1972 |
| Place of death | Tbilisi |