Bela Chekurishvili

Bela Chekurishvili
Chekurishvili in 2018
Chekurishvili in 2018
BornBela Chekurishvili
(1974-12-25) 25 December 1974 (age 50)
Vachnadziani, Georgian SSR, USSR
Occupationpoet, short story writer, journalist
Genrepoetry
Literary movementPostmodernism, Metamodernism
Notable worksWe, the Apple trees, (2016)
Website
book.gov.ge/en/author/chekurishvili-bela/147

Bela Chekurishvili (Georgian: ბელა ჩეკურიშვილი; born 25 December 1974) is a poet and journalist from Georgia.

Biography

Chekurishvili was born on 25 December 1974 in Vachnadziani, Gurjaani.[1] After finishing school she studied Georgian language and literature at Tbilisi State University.[2] From 1998 to 2013, Chekurishvili worked as a journalist, for various magazines and newspapers in Georgia.[3] She then began further PhD study on comparative literature, hosted by Tbilisi State University and the University of Bonn.[2] In her spare time she is a mountaineer.[4]

Chekurishvili's poetry was first published in 1989.[2] She writes in Georgian and German and her work has been translated into Russian, Italian, French and English.[2] In her poetry she depicts everyday life: from lumberjacks to prostitutes, housewives to refugees.[5] Her poetry is published in several volumes and she has also published a volume of short stories.[6]

Books

  • Mein kleines Insektarium, Distillery Verlag, Berlin,[7] 2022
  • Nana's horse, Intelekti Publishing, 2020
  • Barefoot, Wunderhorn Publishing, Heidelberg, 2018
  • Picnic on the mountain (with linocuts by Zoppe Voskuhl), Corvinus Presse Berlin, 2018
  • Detector of nudity, Intelekti Publishing, 2016
  • We, the Apple trees, Wunderhorn Publishing, Heidelberg, 2016
  • Tales from the banks of the Rhine, Intelekti Publishing, 2016
  • Sisyphus' Question, Diogene Publishing, 2012
  • Postcards, Meridiani Publishing, 2009
  • Either – Or, Leta Publishing, 1998

References

  1. ^ "ბელა ჩეკურიშვილი". armuri.georgianforum.com (in Georgian). Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "book.gov.ge – Author – CHEKURISHVILI BELA". book.gov.ge. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ e.V, Tourismusverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. "Lesung: "Bela Chekurishvili"". Tourismusverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V. (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Bela Chekurishvili | gezett – Büro für Fotografie". www.gezett.de. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Tauben im Transit". jungle.world (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Bela Chekurishvili – Fixpoetry". www.fixpoetry.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  7. ^ Bela Chekurishvili: Mein kleines Insektarium