Elene Virsaladze

Elene Virsaladze, also known as E. B. Virsaladze (; 3 January 1911 – 11 March 1977) was a prominent Georgian folklorist known for her extensive writing and fieldwork. Her work has been translated into Russian, French, German, and English. She was the youngest of three children.

Academic career Virsaladze published over one hundred works during her academic career. The Shota Rustaveli Institute maintains a collection of audio recordings and transcripts of the information she collected during her travels.

Selected works

The fate of the Georgian mountain peoples, 1958 "The Amirani saga and the Georgian hunting epos", in Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 1961 "The Main Types of Georgian Folk Pilot Literary", in Literary Researches, 1974 Georgian hunting myths and poetry, 1976