Zurab Rtveliashvili
Zurab Rtveliashvili (16 October 1967 – 20 April 2021) was a Georgian poet and multi-media performer. Rtveliashvili was born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. He is featured in the 2009 documentary film At the Top of My Voice.
Zurab Rtveliashvili
- Born
- 1967 · Karaganda.
- Died
- 2021 · Tbilisi.
- Nationality
- Georgia · Sweden
- Occupation
- multimedia artist · poet · performing artist · actor · performance artist · human rights defender
- Movements
- metamodernism · post-postmodernism · performing arts
- Education
- Tbilisi State University
- Known for
- The Dictatorship of Poetry
- Honours
- Saba prize
- Languages
- Georgian · English · Russian
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Death
In 2010, Rtveliashvili was offered asylum in Stockholm, Sweden, from persecution in his native Georgia.
Zurab Rtveliashvili studied at Tbilisi State University. The recorded working language is Georgian, English and Russian. The authority associates the name with metamodernism, post-postmodernism and performing arts. Works named in the authority record are The Dictatorship of Poetry. Distinctions recorded are Saba prize.
Rtveliashvili died in Tbilisi after a battle with cancer on 20 April 2021.
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Karaganda.
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Tbilisi.
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• I-reqtsia (1997) • Apokrifi (2001) • Anarqi (2006)
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