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<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki> Zurab Rtveliashvili, Georgian poet and multi-media performer. Born 1967 in Karaganda, Kazakhtan. At the age of 5 along with his family emigrated to Tbilisi, Georgia.

In the begining of the ninties joined the artistic action group led by poet and multi-media performer David Chikhladze. Group staged big poetic tour named "G-K-CH-P" which stands for "Gastronomy-Kulinary-Chicherin-Poetry".
'''Zurab Rtveliashvili''' (16 October 1967<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merinfo.se/person/Stockholm/Zurab-Rtveliashvili-1967/bpm94-2khv5 |title=Zurab Rtveliashvili (Stockholm, 53 år) - Merinfo.se |website=www.merinfo.se |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420195156/https://www.merinfo.se/person/Stockholm/Zurab-Rtveliashvili-1967/bpm94-2khv5 |archive-date=2021-04-20}} </ref> – 20 April 2021) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n poet and [[Multimedia|multi-media]] performer.<ref name="sanct">{{Cite news
In 1993 Rtveliashvili was elected "KING-PRESIDENT OF GEORGIAN DADA" by majority of Georgian poets and artists.
|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=478&artikel=3389985
Starting at 1996 he has joined "Korabliova Performance Theater" where he had staged famous "OM MANE PEDME HUM" and "KALI UGA ISTERIA" along with the other experimental plays.
|access-date=2010-07-17
Books by Rtveliashvili include: I-reqtsia (1997), Apokrifi (2001) and Anarqi (2006).
|title=Fristad åt georgisk författare
During "Rose Revolution" Zurab Rtveliahvili was prominent member of "Civil Disobedience Committee". His poem "I am the Vine" had become one of the anthems of the Revolution.
|date=January 22, 2010
Zurab Rtveliashvili is also one of the founders (along with Irakli Kakabadze) of "Egalitarian Institute". Continuing to perform his public art works in the streets of Tbilisi he was arrested number of times by Georgian Authorities and spent one month in a prison as a "Prisoner of Conscince" together with his four fellow colleagues from the Egalitarian Institute.
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Currently he is considered one of the most widely read Georgian poets and his extraordinary style of performance as well as insightful writing draws many supporters.
|author=SR Kulturnytt
|language=sv
}}</ref> Rtveliashvili was born in [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakhstan]]. He is featured in the 2009 documentary film ''At the Top of My Voice''.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://georgiamediacentre.com/content/top_my_voice
|date=September 1, 2009
|title=At the Top of My Voice
|access-date=2010-07-17
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Zurab Rtveliashvili|url=http://levurelitteraire.com/zurab-rtveliashvili/|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Levure littéraire|language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In 2010, Rtveliashvili was offered [[right of asylum|asylum]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], from persecution in his native [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref name="sanct"/><ref>{{Cite news
|title=Världspoesidagen med Yttrandefrihet i fokus
|date=2010-03-11
|author= Anna Sunnerholm
|newspaper=Svensk Bokhandel
|access-date=2010-07-17
|url=http://www.svb.se/calender/v%C3%A4rldspoesidagen-med-yttrandefrihet-i-fokus?stad=&ym=2010-04-12
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}}</ref>

== Death ==
Rtveliashvili died in [[Tbilisi]] after a battle with cancer on 20 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Poet, artist Zurab Rtveliashvili dies at 54|url=https://agenda.ge/en/news/2021/1047|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Agenda.ge}}</ref>

==Publications==
*''I-reqtsia'' (1997)
*''Apokrifi'' (2001)
*''Anarqi'' (2006)

==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 25 July 2022

Zurab Rtveliashvili (16 October 1967[1] – 20 April 2021) was a Georgian poet and multi-media performer.[2] Rtveliashvili was born in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. He is featured in the 2009 documentary film At the Top of My Voice.[3][4]

In 2010, Rtveliashvili was offered asylum in Stockholm, Sweden, from persecution in his native Georgia.[2][5]

Death

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Rtveliashvili died in Tbilisi after a battle with cancer on 20 April 2021.[6]

Publications

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  • I-reqtsia (1997)
  • Apokrifi (2001)
  • Anarqi (2006)

References

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  1. ^ "Zurab Rtveliashvili (Stockholm, 53 år) - Merinfo.se". www.merinfo.se. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20.
  2. ^ a b SR Kulturnytt (January 22, 2010). "Fristad åt georgisk författare". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  3. ^ "At the Top of My Voice". September 1, 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  4. ^ "Zurab Rtveliashvili". Levure littéraire (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  5. ^ Anna Sunnerholm (2010-03-11). "Världspoesidagen med Yttrandefrihet i fokus". Svensk Bokhandel (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  6. ^ "Poet, artist Zurab Rtveliashvili dies at 54". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 2021-04-20.


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