Inanishvili Revaz

Inanishvili Revaz (December 20, 1926, village of Khashmi, present-day Sagarejo Municipality – December 26, 1991, Tbilisi), writer. Laureate of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize (1977).

In 1947, he enrolled in the Faculty of Philology at Tbilisi State University, which he graduated in 1956 (from 1949 to 1951, he suspended his studies due to family circumstances). From 1960 to 1966, he worked at the "Nakaduli" publishing house; from 1966, in the scriptwriting department of the "Kartuli Pilmi" (Georgian Film) film studio; from 1985 to 1988, as the secretary of the Writers' Union; and from 1989 until the end of his life, he was the editor of the journal "Dila".

He published his first short story, "Sakhsovari" (Keepsake), in 1950, and his first collection "Pirveli Motkhrobebi" (First Short Stories), in 1953. His main collections of short stories include: "Megobrisadmi Minatseri Tserilebidan" (From Letters Addressed to a Friend) (1958), "Tsvetebi Potlebze" (Drops on Leaves) (1962), "Tsisperi Gorgali" (The Blue Yarn Ball) (1968), "Saghamo Khanis Chanatserebi" (Evening Notes) (1971), "Barisken Moprinavs Japara" (The Jay Flies Towards the Lowland) (1974), "Chitebis Gamomzamtrebeli" (Winterer of Birds) (1978), and others; children's collections: "Bednieri Mta" (The Happy Mountain) (1960), "Bibo" (1964), "Sad Tskhovrobs Mezghapre" (Where the Storyteller Lives) (1970), "Mglis Lekvebi" (Wolf Cubs) (1973), "Shori Tetri Mtsvervali" (The Distant White Peak) (1976; Shota Rustaveli State Prize, 1977), etc.

A. Bakradze referred to Inanishvili's short stories as "bread for the soul." His stories possess another main protagonist – the Georgian word, free and capacious, flexible and omnipotent; the stories are distinguished by the simplicity and precision of their phrasing. The essential characteristics of Inanishvili's work are a tender love and respect for humanity, lyricism of narration, and the masterful depiction of images and characters.

Based on Inanishvili's scripts, the following films have been shot: "Ardadegebi" (Holidays), "Dabrunebuli Ghimili" (The Returned Smile), "Vighatsas Avtobusze Agviandeba" (Someone is Late for the Bus) (co-author: N. Mchedlidze), "Perma Mtashi" (Farm in the Mountains), "Zapkhuli Soplad" (Summer in the Countryside) ("Pastorali" [Pastoral], co-author: O. Ioseliani), "Natvris Khe" (The Wishing Tree) (based on G. Leonidze, co-author: T. Abuladze), "Kvishani Darchebiano" (The Sands Will Remain) (co-author: G. Shengelaia). The writer's short stories have been translated into foreign languages. He is buried in the Didube Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures.

Literary works: თვარის ასული, თბ., 1987; მომღერალი სახლი, თბ., 2006; კრებული, სერიიდან „ქართული პროზის საგანძური", თბ., 2010; ნაწარმოები 6 ტომად, სერიიდან "ჩემი რჩეული", თბ., 2012.

 

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