Otia Ioseliani (Georgian: რტირირსáƒ"ლირნი)
(June 16, 1930 â€" July 14, 2011) was a Georgian prose writer and
dramatist, whose plays have been successfully staged in Georgia as
well as in other countries of the former Soviet Union and East
Germany.[1]Otia Ioseliani was born in the village of Gvishtibi,
Tsqaltubo District, in then-Soviet Georgia. He began writing in the
mid-1950s and published his first collection of stories in 1957. The
nationwide recognition came with his first novel The Falling Stars
(ვრრსკვლრვთცვáƒ"ნრ, 1962), which, like
Ioseliani's many early works, treated the theme of World War II.[1] He
then tackled in his works a great variety of themes using different
artistic styles. In the 1960s and 1970s, he published popular novels
such as Once There Was a Woman (იყრáƒ"რთი ქრლი,
1970), Taken Prisoner by Prisoners (ტყვáƒ"თრტყვáƒ",
1975), and a number of stories.[2]In the 1960s, Ioseliani first tried
his hand at screen scripts and theatre plays, resulting, among others,
in the comedies Until the Ox-Cart Turns Over (სრნრმ უáƒ
áƒ"მი áƒ'რáƒ"რáƒ'რუნáƒ"áƒ"áƒ'რ, 1969) and Six Old
Maids and a Man (áƒ"ქვსი შინრáƒ'áƒ"რრáƒ"რáƒ"áƒ
თი მრმრკრცი, 1971), which were successful enough
to fill the theatres in East Berlin.[1]Ioseliani died in 2011 at the
age of 81. He was buried in the yard of his own house in his native
Gvishtibi according to the will of the late writer.[3][4] Among his
awards was Georgia's Order of Honor.[5]
(June 16, 1930 â€" July 14, 2011) was a Georgian prose writer and
dramatist, whose plays have been successfully staged in Georgia as
well as in other countries of the former Soviet Union and East
Germany.[1]Otia Ioseliani was born in the village of Gvishtibi,
Tsqaltubo District, in then-Soviet Georgia. He began writing in the
mid-1950s and published his first collection of stories in 1957. The
nationwide recognition came with his first novel The Falling Stars
(ვრრსკვლრვთცვáƒ"ნრ, 1962), which, like
Ioseliani's many early works, treated the theme of World War II.[1] He
then tackled in his works a great variety of themes using different
artistic styles. In the 1960s and 1970s, he published popular novels
such as Once There Was a Woman (იყრáƒ"რთი ქრლი,
1970), Taken Prisoner by Prisoners (ტყვáƒ"თრტყვáƒ",
1975), and a number of stories.[2]In the 1960s, Ioseliani first tried
his hand at screen scripts and theatre plays, resulting, among others,
in the comedies Until the Ox-Cart Turns Over (სრნრმ უáƒ
áƒ"მი áƒ'რáƒ"რáƒ'რუნáƒ"áƒ"áƒ'რ, 1969) and Six Old
Maids and a Man (áƒ"ქვსი შინრáƒ'áƒ"რრáƒ"რáƒ"áƒ
თი მრმრკრცი, 1971), which were successful enough
to fill the theatres in East Berlin.[1]Ioseliani died in 2011 at the
age of 81. He was buried in the yard of his own house in his native
Gvishtibi according to the will of the late writer.[3][4] Among his
awards was Georgia's Order of Honor.[5]
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