Bela Chekurishvili

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

Biography Chekurishvili was born on 25 December 1974 in Vachnadziani, Gurjaani. After finishing school she studied Georgian language and literature at Tbilisi State University. From 1998 to 2013, Chekurishvili worked as a journalist, for various magazines and newspapers in Georgia. She then began further PhD study on comparative literature, hosted by Tbilisi State University and the University of Bonn.

Chekurishvili's poetry was first published in 1989. Her poetry is published in several volumes and she has also published a volume of short stories.

Books Mein kleines Insektarium, Distillery Verlag, Berlin, 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 Gastspiel für Mickey Mouse (ed.), Dağyeli Verlag Berlin, 2025,