Leo Kiacheli

Leo Kiacheli (born Leon Mikhailovich Shengelaia; 19 February 1884, Obudzhi village (now Tsalenjikha Municipality) – 25 December 1963, Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He has been published since 1909, noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba.

Leo was born into a noble family. In 1904-1905 he studied at the Kharkov University. He participated in the Revolution of 1905-1907. In 1912 he left for Switzerland and returned to Georgia after the February Revolution of 1917.

Major works Novels and novellas Tariel Golua (1916) Almazgir Kibulan (1925) Blood (1926—1927) Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya) (1927) Haki Adzba (1933) Gvadi Bigva (1936—1937) Man of Mountain (1948)

Awards Stalin prize (1941) Order of Lenin (1954) Two Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1939 and 1946)

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