Zurab Samadashvili

Zurab Samadashvili (; ; (29 January 1955 — 30 August 2021) was a Georgian writer and playwright.

Biography Samadashvili was born in Tbilisi on January 29, 1955.

In 1972, he graduated from both the Tbilisi School No. 51 and a music school. In 1977, he graduated from the Faculty of Technology of the Agricultural University of Georgia, specializing in engineering and technology.

Samadashvili's poems were first published in Nobat magazine in 1983 and made their prose debut with the short story Dubliners in the 1986 issue of Mnatobi, No. 7.

In 2010-2012 he was a member of the jury for the Gala (literary prize).

Zurab Samadashvili died in Tbilisi on August 30, 2021.

Works Books Two and a half (poems), editor Dato Akhobadze, Tb. Merani publishing, 1990 Circle (stories), editor - Lia Sharvashidze, Tb. Merani publishing, 1993 Wet Brick (novel), Tb. Saari publishing, 1997 Crazy House (Thriller), Tb. Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House, 1998, 127 pages - ISBN 99928-52-10-0 Noisy Days (novel), from series - Urban Prose, editor Dato Abuladze, Tbilisi, Saari publishing, 1999 - ISBN 99928-39-10-4 Axiom (poems), Tb. Merani publishing, 2006 Drawing lesson (poems), Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015 Experiment (stories), Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015 Expected Surprises (novel), Tb. Glossa Publishing, 2015

Drama Behind the Door, 1990 Circle, 1992 Orphans (Georgian version of Martin McDonagh's play The Lonesome West), illustrator Alexander Slovinsky, "Our Writing" Magazine, N6 (110) - N7 (111), Tbilisi, 2010. - ISSN: 1987–7730. Noisy Days, Giga Lortkipanidze Rustavi Theater, 2016 Orphans, Sokhumi Theater, directed by Giorgi Kantaria, 2017

Theater Beyond the Door, Sandro Akhmeteli Theater, directed by Alexander Kantaria, 1990 Circle, Sandro Akhmeteli Theater, directed by Alexander Kantaria, 1992 Noisy Days Giga Lortkipanidze Rustavi Theater, 2016 Orphans, Sokhumi Theater, directed by Giorgi Kantaria, 2017

Radio theater Noisy Days, directed by Levan Lortkipanidze, 2002

Literary prizes and awards Saba (Literary Award) in the nomination "Best Novel of the Year" for the novel "Expected Unexpected", 2016