Georgian Female Poets
Subtitle: Kartveli poeti kalebi
Publisher: Cezanne Printing House
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Tbilisi, Georgia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9789941085550
Description: Bilingual anthology (English, Georgian)
Table of contents: title: Georgian Female Poets by Mariam Tsiklauri; title: Georgian Poetry, with its rich language, ancient poetic tradition, deep innovative; title: thought and strong motive, ever increasingly needs to be shared with; title: a wider world and with modern readers.; title: Georgia is most famous as a spellbinding touristic designation, as it is the; title: ancient motherland of wine, wheat and unique polyphonic songs. This is; title: also the region, Colchis, from where the Argonauts stole the Golden Fleece; title: and they kidnapped the sorceress Medea, daughter of Aeetes and the granddaughter; title: of Helios. But very few people know anything about those many; title: other Medeas, who with powerful, magic words manage to heal the wounded; title: soles of the restless contemporary humanity. Georgia has had a significant; title: number of female poets, worthy of international attention. We consider; title: it crucially important to translate their works into various languages and; title: promote them worldwide.; title: Georgia belongs to a small group of countries having the oldest poetry tradition; title: and rich folklore. It is the country where poetry bears utmost importance,; title: where there is a tradition of preaching and praying in poetical forms,; title: talking to each other with verses, mourning the deceased with poems.; title: In our country the honorable part of a bride’s dowry was the main poem of; title: Georgia Shota Rustaveli’s “Knight in the Panther’s Skin” as well as other; title: manuscripts. Babies in Georgia used to speak their first words with poems.; title: The culture of poetic thinking is being preserved and developing in Georgia.; title: King Tamar, other queens, saints, noble or peasant Georgian women i used; title: to write poems and all of them contributed to the values of the great Georgian; title: literature and its unique poetry.; title: This combined collection consists of some 32-modern female authors. We; title: consider it worthwhile to present portions of these authors, as provided by; title: various translators, to foreign readers in this format. The collection is the; title: first of its kind, albeit an incomplete effort to produce such a publication of; title: this kind. We hope that a more complete or academic anthologies translated; title: into different languages will be forthcoming in the nearest future.; title: We gratefully thank Tbilisi City Hall, its Cultural Service and the Center for; title: Cultural Activities for funding the edition and their moral support.; title: Georgian-English anthology Georgian Female Poets, comprising poems of 32 Georgian female authors.; title: The publication of the anthology Georgian Female Poets was supported by the Tbilisi Centre of Cultural Events.; title: Contents; title: Ana Kalandadze; title: Esma Oniani; title: Iza Orjonikidze; title: Lia Sturua; title: Manana Chitishvili; title: Eter Tataraidze; title: Marina Tektumanidze; title: Rusudan Kaishauri; title: Ela Gochiashvili; title: Makvala Gonashvili; title: Mariam Tsiklauri; title: Nino Qoqosadze; title: Tamar Gabroshvili; title: Tsira Kurashvili; title: Lela Ttsutskiridze; title: Nato Ingorokhva; title: Ia Sulaberidze; title: Maya Sarishvili; title: Manon Buliskeria; title: Bela Chekurishvili; title: Irma Shiolashvili; title: Lela Samniashvili; title: Tea Topuria; title: Nata Varada; title: Kato Djavakhishvili; title: Eka Kevanishvili; title: Nino Sadghobelashvili; title: Diana Anphimiadi; title: Salome Benidze; title: Gvantsa Jobava; title: Lia Liqokeli; title: Nino Chincharauli