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EU Culture week Week Speakers: David Gorgiladze David Gorgiladze is a Georgian journalist who has worked at the magazine ‘Tabula’ and at the press relation department at the President administration of Georgia. He was an editor and club member of the TV show ’What? Where? When?’. In 2012 he was the winner of the literary competition “Legend of Autumn” organized by Tbilisi State University and Geocell. Since 2013 he has been a blogger of the online-magazine www.mastsavlebeli.ge. He is also a member of online library group http://lib.ge/. EU Culture Factory Week Speakers: David Gabunia David Gabunia is a playwright, writer and translator from the English and Swedish languages. He studied Literature and Gender Studies in Tbilisi. He has worked as an editor, translator and a literary critic. His plays have been staged at several Georgian theatres. He is the head of the literary department at Royal District Theatre, Tbilisi. He has translated plays by Shakespeare, Strindberg and Ibsen. He is the coordinator of international projects at the Writers' House of Georgia. Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili is a Georgian writer, translator and cultural journalist. She also teaches literature and creative writing at Ilia State University in Tbilisi. She has won various Georgian literary prizes. She also translates from German into Georgian and has translated ’Three Comrades’ by Erich Maria Remarque, ‘The Thief Lord’ by Cornelia Funke and ‘Women as Lovers’ by Elfriede Jelinek. She is the author of several novels: ‘Who killed Chaika’ (2013) and ‘Sons of Shushanik’ (2011) and short stories ‘Me Margarita’ and ‘Berikaoba’. She was awarded with the literary prize ‘Saba’ in 2004 for short stories and in 2013 she won the Ilia State University prize for best novel of the year ‘Who killed Chaika’. Dato Turashvili Dato Turashvili is a writer, playwrighter. He writes novels, short stories, screenplays and plays. His first prose collection was originally published in 1991. DatoTurashvili has published a 14 books overally. Turashvili translated both prosaic and poetry texts, from Russian, Spanish and English languages. His last novel “Flight from the USSR” (“Jeans generation”) is the bestseller number one in Georgia. His short stories are translated to 7 languages (Croatian, English, Russian, Spanish, Korean, German, Bask) had been published in various periodicals of different countries. In 2003 and 2007 he was awarded by literary award SABA for The Best Play of The Year. LOUDspeakers LOUDspeakers is an alternative/indie Band from Tbilisi, Georgia, formed in 2009. The full crew first came to the light on Altervision/Newcomers 2010. The band members are Levan Cxvaradze (Guitar, Vocals), Sandro Tskhvaradze (Keyboards, Piano), Levan Mamaladze (Bass Guitar) and Dato Tsomaia (Drums). EU Culture week Musicians/Bands: Tinatin Tinatin is a Georgian vocalist, songwriter, author and radio personality. She recognizes herself as an indie performer. The style of her music is a mix of Indie Pop and electronic music. She is the author of more than ten songs. Funded by the European Union a21407079 georgia timeline_Poti_EN_s3 9/13/14 12:01 PM Page 1
