Dato Barbakadze (Georgian: დათო ბარბაქაძე); born 7 February 1966) is a Georgian writer, essayist and translator.

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Dato Barbakadze was born in Tbilisi. He studied philosophy and psychology in Tbilisi State University between 1984 and 1992 and holds a Masters degree in Philosophy. In 1992-1994 he pursued his post-graduate studies in the Department of Sociology at Tbilisi State University, but left a standard academic career to pursue independent projects in Georgian and German literature: he has followed a non-traditional academic path for the past twenty years (2010). In 1991 Dato Barbakadze founded a literary video-magazine Dato Barbakadze’s Magazine, which for two years was regularly performed at Tbilisi State University. He also founded the literary magazines Polilogue (1994, four issues) and ± Literature (1996, four issues). These publications featured many of the innovations of Georgian literature in the 1990s. From 1991 to 2001 Dato Barbakadze taught courses in logic, the history of philosophy, esthetics and introductory philosophy courses in several universities in Tbilisi. In 2002-2005 he lived in Germany where he pursued his literary interests and studied philosophy, ancient history and sociology at Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster. After returning to Tbilisi in 2005 Dato Barbakadze started the project XXth century Austrian Poetry, serving both as an editor and contributor. Dato Barbakadze has been a member of Die Kogge, an association of European writers, since 2007. His works have been translated into English, German, French and Russian. He lives in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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(Georgian titles in parentheses)

Poetry:

  • Condolences to Fall (მივუსამძიმროთ შემოდგომას). Tbilisi 1991.
  • Longing for Logic (ლოგიკის მონატრება). Tbilisi 1993, ISBN 99928-0-264-2.
  • Putting the Question (საკითხის დასმა). Tbilisi 1994, ISBN 99928-0-265-0.
  • One minute or One Life Before the Journey (გამგზავრებამდე ერთი წუთით ან ერთი სიცოცხლით ადრე). Tbilisi 1994, ISBN 99928-0-239-1.
  • Roofbuilder (მხურავი). Tbilisi 1995, ISBN 99928-0-240-5.
  • Negation of the Summary (შეჯამების უარყოფა). Tbilisi 1999, ISBN 99928-0-013-5.
  • Essential Steps (არსებითი სვლები). Tbilisi 2001, ISBN 99928-0-125-5.
  • The Songs of Lake Embankment (ტბის სანაპიროს სიმღერები). Tbilisi 2004, ISBN 99940-29-43-6.
  • Poems 1984–2004 (ლექსები 1984-2004). Tbilisi 2008, ISBN 978-9941-0-0347-9.
  • ars poetica. Tbilisi 2010, ISBN 978-9941-9115-4-5.
  • In Defense of Memory (მეხსიერების დასაცავად). Tbilisi 2013, ISBN 978-9941-0-5981-0.
  • From a Problematic Light (პრობლემური სინათლის გამო). Tbilisi 2015, ISBN 978-9941-0-8056-2.
  • The window (სარკმელი). Tbilisi 2016, ISBN 978-9941-0-8444-7.
  • Skeptical Etudes (სკეპტიკური ეტიუდები). Tbilisi 2019, ISBN 978-9941-8-0992-7.
  • and so on (და ასე შემდეგ). Seven Haiku Wreaths. Tbilisi 2019, ISBN 978-9941-8-1470-9.

Prose:

  • Mutation (მუტაცია). Novel. Tbilisi 1993.
  • The second heel of Achilles (აქილევსის მეორე ქუსლი). Novel. Tbilisi 2000, ISBN 99928-0-042-9.
  • Short Prose 1990-2010 (მცირე პროზა 1990-2010). Tbilisi 2010, ISBN 978-9941-0-2441-2.

Collected Essays:

Letters on Literature:

Translations (into Georgian):

Collected works

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Works in another language

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In German

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  • Das Dreieck der Kraniche. Gedichte. Pop, Ludwigsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937139-38-8.
  • Die Poetik der folgenden Sekunde. Poesie und Prosa. Drava, Klagenfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-85435-557-1.
  • Wesentliche Züge und zwölf andere Gedichte. Mischwesen, Neubiberg 2010, ISBN 3-938313-11-0.
  • Die Leidenschaft der Märtyrer. SuKulTur, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941592-35-3.
  • Die Unmöglichkeit des Wortes. Theoretische Manifestationen. Pop, Ludwigsburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86356-177-2.
  • Meditation über den gefallenen Baum. Gedichte. Löcker, Wien 2016. ISBN 978-3-85409-766-2.
  • Das Gebet und andere Gedichte. Pop, Ludwigsburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86356-220-5.
  • Wenn das Lied sich vom ermüdeten Körper befreit. Gedichte. Pop, Ludwigsburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86356-241-0.
  • Und so weiter. Sieben Haiku-Kränze. Deutsch von Maja Lisowski. Nachdichtung von Theo Breuer. Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2021, ISBN 978-3-86356-322-6.

In English

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In Russian

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  • Разное. Поэзия, проза, эссе. Издательство Meрцкули, Тбилиси 2016, ISBN 978-9941-0-8749-3.

Publishing Project Austrian Poetry of the XXth Century (in Georgian)

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