| 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 Mikhailovich Shengelaia; 19 February 1884, Obudzhi village (now Tsalenjikha Municipality) – 19 December 1963, Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He has been published since 1909, noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba.[1]
Leo was born into a noble family. In 1904-1905 he studied at the Kharkov University. He participated in the Revolution of 1905-1907. In 1912 he left for Switzerland and returned to Georgia after the February Revolution of 1917.[2]