Dato Barbakadze
Dato Barbakadze (); born 7 February 1966) is a Georgian writer, essayist and translator. Biography. Dato Barbakadze was born in Tbilisi. He studied philosophy and psychology in "Tbilisi State University" between 1984 and 1992 and holds a Masters degree in Philosophy. In 1992-1994 he pursued his post-graduate studies in the Department of Sociology at Tbilisi State University, but left a standard academic career to pursue independent projects in Georgian and German literature: he has followed a non-traditional academic path for the past twenty years (2010). In 1991 Dato Barbakadze founded a literary video-magazine "Dato Barbakadze ’s Magazine", which for two years was regularly performed at Tbilisi State University. He also founded the literary magazines "Polilogue" (1994, four issues) and "± Literature" (1996, four issues). These publications featured many of the innovations of Georgian literature in the 1990s. From 1991 to 2001 Dato Barbakadze taught courses in logic, the history of philosophy, esthetics and introductory philosophy courses in several universities in Tbilisi. In 2002-2005 he lived in Germany where he pursued his literary interests and studied philosophy, ancient history and sociology at Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster. After returning to Tbilisi in 2005 Dato Barbakadze  started the project "XXth century Austrian Poetry", serving both as an editor and contributor. Dato Barbakadze has been a member of Die Kogge, an association of European writers, since 2007. His works have been translated into English, German, French and Russian. He lives in Tbilisi, Georgia. Published works. "(Georgian titles in parentheses)" Poetry: Prose: Collected Essays: Letters on Literature: Translations (into Georgian):