Ilia Chavchavadze
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Ilia Chavchavadze – The sleeping maid
I gaze on thee so calm at rest,And look upon thy crystal breast;Thy heart beats like the placid waves,When summer…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – Bazaleti Lake
Beneath the lake of BazaletiA golden cradle gleams;Around it blooms a wondrous garden —A paradise it seems.This hidden bower, thus…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – King Dimitri’s Sacrifice
Translated by Donald RayfieldIllustrated by Henrik Hrinevski Publishing House „Merani”Tbilisi1998 ილია ჭავჭავაძე მეფე დიმიტრი თავდადებული თარგმნა დონალდ რეიფილდმამხატვრობა ჰენრიკ ჰრინევსკისა…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – The Hermit (A Legend)
Translated from the Georgian by Marjory Wardrop, London, 1895 I There, where Mount Kazbek rears his noble brow,Where eagle cannot…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – Is That a Man?!
“Blame a friend to his face, an enemy behind his back”Wise SawIn Rhetoric it is written: A man should begin …
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Ilia Chavchavadze – The Sportsman’s Story
What will the good backgammon player do, if he does not throw the six in time I I am just…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – Notes of a Journeyfrom Vladikavkazto Tiflis
I In the morning at six o’clock an unwashed, uncombed yamshtchik (Russian driver) drove up with a post cart to …
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Ilia Chavchavadze – Works (Translated by Marjory and Oliver Wardrops)
Ganatleba PublishersTbilisi 1987 The book features some works of Ilia Chavchavadze translated into English by brother and sister Oliver and…
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Ilia Chavchavadze – Autobiography
I was born on October 27 (o. s.) 1837 in the village of Kwareli (*1), in the district of Telavi,…
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Ilia Chavchavadze
Prince Ilia Chavchavadze (October 27, 1837 – August 30, 1907) was a Georgian writer, poet, journalist and lawyer who spearheaded…
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