Beka Kurkhuli

Beka Kurkhuli (ბექა ქურხული) - (born 6 October 1974, Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic) is a modern Georgian writer and military reporter.

Beka Kurkhuli
BornOctober 6, 1974
Tbilisi
Occupationwriter; military reporter.
LanguageGeorgian
NationalityGeorgian
Alma materTbilisi State University
Genrenovel, short story, story.
Notable worksThe City in Snow (2013)
Years active1991-present

Biography

Beka Kurkhuli was born on October 6, 1974 in Tbilisi. In 1991, he graduated from the first experimental school in Tbilisi. In 1991-1996 he studied at the Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi Theater and Cinema Institute, at the Faculty of Dramatic Art (in the workshop of Tamaz Chiladze).

The first stories were published in 1991 in the newspaper "Mamuli". After that, his stories were systematically printed in Georgian literary magazines and newspapers: “Alternative”, “Arily”, “Dilis Gazeti” (Morning newspaper), “Chveni Mtserloba” (Our literature), “Tsignebi” (Books), newspaper "24 Saati" (24 hours), "Parnassi" (Parnas), "Literaturuli Palitra" (Literary palette), "Literaturuli Gazeti" (Literary newspaper), "Literature - Tskheli Shokoladi", "Apra".

In 1999-2004 he worked as a military reporter in hot spots in Georgia and the Caucasus. He made reports from Abkhazia, North Ossetia, Tskhinvali, Ingushetia, the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia.

In 2006 he defended his thesis on the theme: “Hikes and raids in the mountains of the Eastern Caucasus.”

In 2011-2013 he collaborated with Media House Dekom - magazines Tskheli Shokoladi and Liberali.

In 2013 was on a business trip to Afghanistan as reporter.

Bibliography
  • 2004 – "Point ... Lost People of Lost Territory"
  • 2005 – "House in a foreign land"
  • 2010 – “Meeting after that”
  • 2011 – “The Story of Two Moons”
  • 2012 – "Short night of summer"
  • 2013 – "City in the snow"
  • 2013 – "Notes of 1993-2011"
  • 2014 – “Country of open doors”
  • 2015 – “Escape from Paradise”
  • 2017 – “Skandara and other stories”

Literary Prizes
  • 2006 – “House in a foreign land” - literary award “Saba” in the nomination “The best prosaic collection of the year” - nominee.
  • 2013 – the play “The tree is about to fall”. Literary award "Saba" in the nomination "The best play of the year" - nominee.
  • 2014 – "Notes of 1993-2011". Literary award "Saba" in the nomination "Best Documentary Prose and Essay of the Year" - nominee.
  • 2014 – "City in the snow." The literary award "Saba" in the nomination "The best prose collection of the year" is a nominee.
  • 2014 – "The previous day." Literary Award "one story" to them. Revaz Inanishvili. I place
  • 2016 – the novel “Escape from Paradise”. Literary award "Saba" in the nomination "The best novel of the year" – the winner.
  • 2017 – "Endless deja vue at the easel." The literary prize "Tbilisi" for the best story of the year – the nominee.
  • 2018 – “Scandara and Other Stories”. Literary Award "Litera" in the nomination "The best prose collection of the year" – the winner.

The works of Beka Kurkhuli are translated into English, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Slovak, Avar (Dagestan), Ossetian and Russian langueges.

The prose collection “The City in the Snow” was translated into Italian and published by “Stilo editrice” (Bari, Italy) in 2018.

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