Nino Haratischwili (Georgian: ნინო ხარატიშვილი; born 8 June 1983) is a Georgian-born German novelist, playwright, and theater director.[1] She has received numerous awards, including the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, the Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis, and the Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft.

Nino Haratischwili
Haratischwili in 2018
Haratischwili in 2018
Born (1983-06-08) 8 June 1983 (age 40)
Tbilisi, Georgia
OccupationNovelist, Playwright, Theater Director
NationalityGerman
Period2006–present

Haratischwili was born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she attended a German-language school. To escape the political and social chaos that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, she moved to Germany for two years in the early 1990s with her mother, where she attended the seventh and the eighth grade of school. Her family returned to Georgia afterwards. Haratischwili later moved to Germany again in order to attend drama school in Hamburg.[1] After working as a theater director in Hamburg for several years, she published her first book, Juja, in 2010. She became a German citizen in 2012.

Haratischwili currently lives in Hamburg.[2]

Bibliography edit

  • Der Cousin und Bekina (The Cousin and Bekina), Katzengraben-Presse, 2001, ISBN 3-910178-36-7.
  • Georgia / Liv Stein. Zwei Stücke (Georgia / Liv Stein / Two Plays), Verlag der Autoren, 2009, ISBN 978-3-88661-318-2.
  • Juja, Novel, Verbrecher-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940426-48-2.
  • Mein sanfter Zwilling (My Gentle Twin), Novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2011, ISBN 978-3-627-00175-9.
  • Zorn (Anger), Screen Play, Verlag der Autoren, 2011, ISBN 978-3-88661-342-7.
  • Das achte Leben (Für Brilka) (The Eighth Life (For Brilka)), Novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2014, ISBN 978-3-627-00208-4.
  • Die Katze und der General (The Cat and the General), Novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2018, ISBN 978-3-627-00254-1.
  • The Eighth Life (For Brilka), translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, Scribe, 2019, ISBN 978-1-911-61746-4.
  • L'ottava vita (per Brilka), Marsilio, Venice, 2020, ISBN 978-88-297-0506-1.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Schwanitz, Mirko. "Literatur – Nino Haratischwili: "Erst schreibe ich über Folter, dann spiele ich mit meinem Kind"". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ Witzeling, Klaus (3 April 2010). "Nino Haratischwilis: Die ungeduldige Dramatikerin". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2021.

External links edit