Our Authors

Our Authors

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Levan Bregadze

A literary historian and critic, Ph.D. in Literature (2005), Member of Gelati Academy (2003), Laureate of The Literary Saba Award (three times). He was born in 1947 in Tkibuli, west Georgia. After finishing school in his native town, in 1965-74 he studied Georgian Philology and Journalism in Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi University. At... Read more >

Zurab Batiashvili (Darujanashvili)

After graduating from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi University and receiving Ph.D. in History, Zurab Batiashvili worked in the Georgian Parliament, the European Department of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi. At present he works in the Council of Security and Crisis Management of Georgia. He has... Read more >

NEW BOOKS

What strengthens us (A Contemporary's Notebook)

Nika Rurua

A nation that cannot distinguish between a friend and a foe doesn’t deserve all the good that results from being free. All successful, advanced states have been built by societies with self... Read more >

Ketevan the Martyr

Thea Kartvelishvili

Ketevan the Martyr – this is how the 17th-century Queen of Kakheti was established in Georgian consciousness. Her martyrdom was so impressive that, unlike many holy martyrs in... Read more >

Georgia: 50 Albums that snuck freedom in

Nika Rurua

Western “soft powers” – be they American jazz or cinematography, literature or rock n roll – sped up the initial exposure and final demise of the soviet ideology; It... Read more >

Georgia's Road to Freedom. A Contemporary's Notebook

Nika Rurua

Nika Rurua, a filmmaker by education, had planned to make a film once Georgia became a NATO member. Anyone who knew him would easily guess the film's subject: the Russian occupation a century... Read more >

The story of Lionel Messi

LUCIANO WERNICKE

"If you want to be the best, you have to work harder than everyone else" - this is Lionel Messi’s football philosophy.   If nature has blessed you with talent, you are... Read more >

SOVIET GEORGIA A PERSONAL JOURNEY THROUGH RECENT HISTORY

Irakli Laitadze

This book is a reflective journey by Irakli Laitadze into the recent past. The author is a witness of the events that laid the foundation of the Soviet Union’s essential... Read more >