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Alexandre Lordkipanidze

Alexandre Lordkipanidze (Georgian: ალექსანდრე ლორთქიფანიძე) (born October 12, 1988) is a Georgian poet, playwright and novelist.

Alexandre Lordkipanidze
Lordkipanidze in 2020
Lordkipanidze in 2020
Born (1988-10-12) October 12, 1988 (age 36)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Pen nameAlexandre Che
OccupationPoet, Playwright, Novelist
Literary movementPostmodernism, Poetry

Biography

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Alexandre Lordkipanidze was born in 1988.[1] In 2009, he graduated from Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University.[1] In 2011, he received the Master’s Degree from the same university.[1]

Lordkipanidze is one of the founders of poetry group Pink Bus.[2][3] The group released their first and only poetry collection of the same name in 2007.

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In 2013, he published his first poetry collection, called Transparent.[1][4] In 2014, Lordkipanidze wrote script for Georgian film Lost in Escapade.[5][6]

In 2016, Lordkipanidze's play called 'The Island' was staged in Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi and in Ilia Chavchavadze State Drama Theatre in Batumi.[7] [8]

In 2017, Lordkipanidze wrote a children's book, named 'Lullaby for Lilly'.[9][10][11]

In 2018, Lordkipanidze was nominated for Tsinandali Literature Award and won award in Poetry for 'The Reddish and Blackish'.[12][13] In 2019, Lordkipanidze won Georgia's leading literary contest Saba for Play of the Year.[14]

Poetry

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  • The Reddish and Blackish (მოწითალო და მოშავო) (2018)
  • Transparent (გამჭვირვალე) (2013)
  • Polly Pollack (პოლი პოლაკი) (2012)
  • Blue (ლურჯი) (2010)

Short stories

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  • Lullaby for Lilly (იავნანა ლილისთვის) (2017)
  • The 15 best Georgian stories (15 საუკეთესო ქართული მოთხრობა) (2014)
  • Insomnia 2013 (ინსომნია 2013) (2013)
  • The 15 best Georgian stories (15 საუკეთესო ქართული მოთხრობა) (2013)
  • The 15 best Georgian stories (15 საუკეთესო ქართული მოთხრობა) (2012)

Plays

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  • The Island (კუნძული) (2016)

Collection of Plays

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  • Distoplays (დისტოპიესები) (2017)

Scripts

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  • Lost in Escapade (დაკარგულები) (2014)
  • Host and screenwriter for TV Show "The Bookshelf (წიგნების თარო)" (2018–present)

Literary Prizes and Awards

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  • Literary Award "Saba" for the Best Play of the Year "Distoplays" (2019)
  • Literary Award "Tsinandali" for "The Reddish and Blackish" (2018)
  • Rustaveli Theatre Award for "Play of the year" for "The Island" (2016)
  • 24-Hour Theatre Festival Prizes for best play [for "Schrödinger's cat is dead" ("შრედინგერის კატა მკვდარია")] (2012)
  • 24-Hour Theatre Festival Prizes for best play [for "My native Big-Mac" ("ჩემი მშობლიური ბიგ-მაკი")] (2011)
  • Literary Award "Alubloba" for Best Sci-fi short story (2009)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Alexandre Lordkipanidze Profile at Intelekti Publishing". Intelekti Publishing. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "პოეტური ორდენები თბილისის ლიტერატურულ ფესტივალზე". Indigo Magazine (in Georgian). 15 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ ""ვარდისფერი ავტობუსი შუა გზაზე გაჩერდა, მაგრამ საბურავების კვალი მაინც დატოვა…" (Pink Bus has stopped, but left traces of tyres" (Interview with Alexandre Lordkipanidze". Kvira Magazine (in Georgian). 11 November 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Transparent (Alexandre Lordkipanidze)". Georgian National Book Center. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Georgian filmmaker in the Arab world". Georgia Today. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Lost in Escapade". IMDb. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. ^ "პრემიერა რუსთაველი თეატრში (Premiere in Rustaveli Theatre)". Rustaveli Theatre (in Georgian). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  8. ^ "The Island". Batumi Ilia Chavchavadze State Drama Theatre. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. ^ ""Lullaby for Lilly" - Children's book presentation in the framework of MenCare campaign". UNFPA Georgia. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ^ "MenCare Georgia to Be Presented at Frankfurt Int'l Book Fair". Georgia Today. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  11. ^ "In Georgia, "Lullaby for Lilly" children's book highlights gender-equitable caregiving at home". Men Care. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  12. ^ ""Tsinandali" 2018 Nominees Announced". Georgia Today (in Georgian). 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  13. ^ "წინანდლის პრემია 2018-ის გამარჯვებულები (The Winners of Tsinandali Literature Prize of 2018)". AT Magazine (in Georgian). 22 October 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  14. ^ "2019 Saba Literary Prize Winners Revealed". Georgia Today. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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