Leon Shengelaia | |
Native Name: | ლეო ქიაჩელი |
Pseudonym: | Leo Kiacheli |
Birth Date: | 19 February 1884 |
Birth Place: | Obuji, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
Occupation: | Writer |
Language: | Georgian |
Period: | 1909–1963 |
Genre: | Realism |
Movement: | Socialist realism |
Notableworks: | Haki Adzba(1933) Gvadi Bigva(1936) |
Leo Kiacheli (Georgian: ლეო ქიაჩელი) (born Leon Shengelaia; February 19, 1884 – December 19, 1963) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He is noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba.[1]