Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili Explained

Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili (Georgian: ანა კორძაია-სამადაშვილი) (born February 26, 1968) is a Georgian writer and literary journalist who authored some of the best-selling prose of post-Soviet Georgian literature.^[1]

Biography

Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili was born in 1968 and lives in Tbilisi. She is a writer, translator and literary journalist.^{[2] [3]} She has won many Georgian literary prizes including the Saba Prize,^[4] the IliaUni Literary Prize^[5] and the Goethe Institute Award.

Some of her works have been translated into English (Me, Margarita: Stories – Dalkey Archive Press),^[6] German (Ich, Margarita – Verlag Hans Schiler ^[7]) and Swedish.

Selected works

• Who Killed Chaika?, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2013
• Marieta’s Way, Palitra L Publishing, 2012
• Children of Nightfall, Bakur Sulaakuri Publishing, 2011
• Me, Margarita, Bakur Sulaakuri Publishing,^[8] 2005, 2015
• Berikaoba, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2003

Literary prizes and awards

• IliaUni Literary prize 2013 in the category "Best Novel" for Who Killed Chaika?
• Literary Award SABA 2003 in the category "Best Debut" for Berikaoba
• Goethe Institute Prize 1999 in the category "Best Translation" for her translation of Die Liebhaberinnen by Elfriede Jelinek

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rachel Gratzfeld, Literaturvermittlung :: Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili . February 5, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160205014125/http://gratzfeld.ch/pages/en/authors/anakordsaia.php?lang=EN . February 5, 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: ანა კორძაია–სამადაშვილი / ავტორები / ბაკურ სულაკაურის გამომცემლობა . sulakauri.ge . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110712174851/http://sulakauri.ge/authors/single/168 . 2011-07-12.
3. Web site: Ანა კორძაია–სამადაშვილი (1968) .
4. http://cbw.ge/georgia/saba-2015/
5. Web site: - YouTube . .
6. Web site: Me, Margarita: Stories .
7. Web site: Ich, Margarita .
8. Web site: Archived copy . Amazon . August 29, 2017 . September 23, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923015017/https://www.amazon.com/Ana-Kordzaia-Samadashvili/e/B00LIWY0TG . dead .