Erlom Akhvlediani Explained

Erlom Akhvlediani
Native Name:ერლომ ახვლედიანი
Native Name Lang:ka
Birth Date:23 November 1933
Birth Place:Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Occupation:novelist, scriptwriter
Nationality:Georgian
Alma Mater:Tbilisi State University
Awards:USSR State Prize
Saba prize

Erlom Akhvlediani (Georgian: ერლომ ახვლედიანი; 23 November 1933 – 20 March 2012)[1] was a Georgian novelist and scriptwriter.

Akhvlediani was born in Tbilisi and graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1957, majoring in history. He took higher education courses at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow from 1962 to 1964. From 1962 to 1999, he wrote scripts for 18 films and starred in four movies. He authored three novels and several short stories, some of which have been translated in Russian, Armenian, Czech, German, Hungarian, and Arabic. Among many accolades Erlom Akhvlediani won were the USSR State Prize (1980) and the Georgian Literary Award SABA (2010).[2]

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  1. Web site: Erlom Akhvlediani, Georgian National Filmography. 12 December 2013. 10 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610215253/http://www.geocinema.ge/en/scenari.php?kod5=127. dead.
  2. Web site: Authors: Akhvlediani, Erlom. Georgian National Book Center. 2 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160502134901/http://book.gov.ge/en/author/akhvlediani-erlom/34/. 2 May 2016.
  3. Book: Rush, Zachariah. Beyond the Screenplay: A Dialectical Approach to Dramaturgy. 2012-01-01. McFarland. 9780786491070. 44.
  4. Book: Soviet Literature. 1987. Foreign Languages Publishing House. 178.