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Otar Chiladze

Georgian writer (1933–2009)

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Instance of: human
Born: 20 March 1933
Died: 1 October 2009
Place of birth: Sighnaghi
Place of death: Tbilisi
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Otar
Family name: Chiladze
Sibling: Tamaz Chiladze
Occupation: poet, prose writer, playwright, screenwriter, translator, opinion journalist, writer
Citizenship: Georgia
Awards: Order of Honour, Shota Rustaveli State Prize, State Prize of Georgia, Ilia Chavchavadze Award
birth name: ოთარ ჭილაძე
educated at: Tbilisi State University
end of work period: 2009
influenced by: Shota Rustaveli, Vazha-Pshavela, James Joyce, Gabriel García Márquez, William Faulkner
languages spoken, written or signed: Georgian
name in native language: ოთარ ივანეს ძე ჭილაძე
notable work: A Man Was Going Down the Road, Everyone That Findeth Me, The Iron Theatre
place of burial: Mtatsminda Pantheon
start of work period: 1952
writing language: Georgian