Jemal Karchkhadze, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jemal Karchkhadze

author

Date of Birth: 13-May-1936

Date of Death: 08-Nov-1998

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, essayist

Nationality: Georgia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jemal Karchkhadze (Georgian: ????? ????????; 1936–1998) was a Georgian writer.
He is the author of six novels, some short stories and essays.
His works are conceptual and gained popularity after his death.
His novel Antonio and David (??????? ?? ??????, 1987) was published in Swedish in 2013 and in Arabic in 2014.
Jemal Karchkhadze was born in 1936 in the village of Ukhuti in Vani in western Georgia.
He graduated in 1960 with a degree in Georgian language and literature at Tbilisi State University.
His short story Igi (???) was published in 1977.
This was followed by his most important novels The Caravan (????????, 1984), Antonio and David (??????? ?? ??????, 1987) and Zebulon (????????, 1988).
He died in 1998 in Tbilisi. Jemal Karchkhadze was granted three literary awards: 1999 – Georgian State Award for Dimension (???????????) and for his Contribution to the National Literature; 2007 – Award “Gala” for Complete Short Stories; 2007 – Award Librarian’s Choice for a novel Antonio and David (??????? ?? ??????).