Rati Amaglobeli Explained

Rati Amaglobeli (Georgian: რატი ამაღლობელი; born 1977) is a Georgian poet and translator.

He studied Philology at the Tbilisi State University, until 2000. He has been publishing his poems in anthologies and magazines since 1994. His debut The Verb was released in 2000.^[1]

Amaglobeli is famous for his live performances, which made him a shooting star of contemporary poetry not only in Georgia.^{[2] [3]} He read at the 2nd Moscow Festival of Poets.^[4] He was a host of the website www.azrebi.ge; a conference took place at the Ilia State University bookstore "Ligamus."^[5]

He also translated Goethe, Morgenstern, Nietzsche, Rilke, Tsvetaeva, Akhmatova and Brodsky into Georgian.He appeared on CD with Post Industrial Boys.^{[6] [7]}

Since 2011, Rati Amaghlobeli has been the President of Georgian Pen Center.^[8]

Amaglobeli lives in Tbilisi.

Works

• Tu January 2003
• Dges: Krebuli January 2003
• Zmna January 2000

External links

• author page at Lyrikline.org, with audio and text in Georgian, and translations into German and Dutch.
• rati amaglobeli / lexebis krebuli
• Georgian Literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: სიესტა: რატი ამაღლობელი Rati Amaglobeli. siestabooks.blogspot.com.
2. Web site: რატი ამაღლობელი – Rati Amaglobeli - ბურუსი - BURUSI. ბურუსი - BURUSI. 30 May 2009.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-02-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721030005/http://www.scad.ge/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=80 . 2011-07-21 .
4. Web site: The Second Moscow International Festival of Poets ::: The Schedule of Events. The Second Moscow International Festival of Poets (October 16–20, 2001). vavilon.ru.
5. Web site: ილიას სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი. itdc.ge.
6. Web site: Rati Amaglobeli Discography Discogs. Discogs.
7. Web site: Post Industrial Boys. cduniverse.com.
8. Web site: პენცენტრი. pencenter.ge.