| Mariam Khutsurauli | |
| Pseudonym: | Sanata |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Telavi, Telavi Municipality, Georgia |
| Occupation: | Poet, short story writer |
| Genre: | Poetry, short story |
| Movement: | Modernism |
| Notableworks: | Sanata's book (2009) |
Mariam Khutsurauli (in Georgian pronounced as /maɾiam χutsuɾauli/; Georgian: მარიამ ხუცურაული; born 15 January 1960) is a Georgian poet, writer and jurist.
Mariam Khutsurauli (she is also known by her literary pseudonym Sanata) was born in Telavi, Georgia.
She graduated from the law department of Tbilisi State University in 1982. She worked as a lawyer for various state organizations in Georgia.
Khutsurauli's verses were published in the Georgian literary magazine Literaturuli Palitra (The Literary Palette) in 2011. She is the author of seven poetic and short story collections, edited by Miho Mosulishvili. Her poems have been translated into the English language by Manana Matiashvili.[1]
As a poet, Khutsurauli writes remarkable verses in a dialect of Pshavi, which is a small historic region of northern Georgia. In her poems, it is possible to discover the original poetic world.
Songs by Teona Kumsiashvili "Rosa canina" and "On motive of Pshavi" based on Mariam Khutsurauli's verses became hits on social networks.
In 2011 Mariam Khutsurauri was the founder of Women's Literature Competition 'Khvaramzeoba'.