Aka Morchiladze

Giorgi Akhvlediani
Born	Giorgi Akhvlediani November 10, 1966 Tbilisi, Georgia
Pen name	Aka Morchiladze
Occupation	novelist,
Literary movement	Postmodernism

Aka Morchiladze (Georgian: აკა მორჩილაძე) is the pen name of Giorgi Akhvlediani (გიორგი ახვლედიანი) (born November 10, 1966), a Georgian writer and literary historian who authored some of the best-selling prose of post-Soviet Georgian literature. Morchiladze’s work shows Georgian literature's reorientation in the early 21st century toward Western influences.

Biography

Born in Tbilisi, Morchiladze graduated in 1988 from the Department of History, Tbilisi State University, where he has since taught. In the early 1990s, he worked as a journalist for yellow papers and Rezonansi Daily. Now he is a freelance author and publishes essays and columns in numerous Georgian magazines and newspapers.

Bibliography

• One hundred million pounds away, Artanuji Publishing House, 2015
• Shadow on the Road, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2014
• The Shy Emerald, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2013
• Georgian Notebooks, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2013
• Obolé, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2011
• Mameluk, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2009
• The Secret Keeper’s Belt, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2008
• Once in Georgia, Saga Publishing House, 2008
• Of Old Hearts and Swords, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2007
• Maid in Tiflis Bakur Sulakauri, Publishing, 2007
• The Paper Bullet, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2006, 2011
• Venera’s Dream, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2005
• Mr. Deaxley’s Silent Box, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2005
• Santa Esperanza, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2004, 2008
• A Whale on Madatov Island, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2004
• Down with the Corn Republic, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2003, 2011
• The Wretched of the Desert, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2003
• The book, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2003, 2011
• The Other, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2002, 2011
• Your Adventure, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2002
• Disappearance on Madatov Island, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2001
• Playing Patience in August, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2001, 2011
• Witches of Christmas Eve, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2001, 2011
• Flight over Madatov Island and Back, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 1998, 2004, 2011
• Dogs of Paliashvili Street, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 1995, 2002, 2011
• Journey to Karabakh, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 1992 - The film bazed on this novel.

Literary prizes and awards

He won Major Georgian literary award SABA four times for Novel of The Year. Some of his novels were filmed and staged.

• Literary award SABA 2012 in category the best novel for Obolé
• IliaUni literary prize 2010 for the best novel of the year for Mameluk
• Literary award SABA 2008 in category the best novel for Maid in Tiflis
• Literary award SABA 2006 in category the best novel for Venera’s Dream
• Literary award SABA 2005 in category the best novel for Santa Esperanza
• Literary award SABA 2003 in category the best novel for Your Adventure

External links

• Once upon a time in Georgia: Sonja Zekri talks to Aka Morchiladze, author of "Santa Esperenza," one of the zaniest books of the season. Sign And Sight. 2006-12-13.
• James Hopkin takes a journey through Georgia's literary heritage
• 'It's carnage ...' Inside the genteel world of books.Carole Cadwalladr
• Die Siedler von Santa Esperanza, Elmar Krekeler