Mariam Khutsurauli

• Name — Mariam Khutsurauli • Pen Name — Sanata • Born — 15 January 1960 • Birthplace — Telavi, Telavi Municipality, Georgia • Occupation — Poet, short story writer • Genre — Poetry, short story • Movement — Modernism • Notable Works — Sanata's book (2009) • Website — armuri.georgianforum.com/t10-topic

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. 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'.

• Sanata's book, Poems, 2009, • The book of Sanata, Poems, 2012, • Sanata's House, Poems, 2012, • Sanata's Chest, Short stories, 2012, • The flower smiles in color of fire, Poems, 2016, • To mow near the sky, Short stories, 2016, • Through beams of diamonds, Audio-poems, 2016 • Salt To Taste, Short stories, 2020,

• A Girl Named Kesane Came with Her Spring, Short stories, 2020,