Leo Kiacheli

Leon Shengelaia
Native name	ლეო ქიაჩელი
Born	(1884-02-19)February 19, 1884 Obuji, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	December 19, 1963(1963-12-19) (aged 79) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Pen name	Leo Kiacheli
Occupation	Writer
Language	Georgian
Period	1909–1963
Genre	Realism
Literary movement	Socialist realism
Notable works	Haki Adzba(1933) Gvadi Bigva(1936)

Leo Kiacheli (Georgian: ლეო ქიაჩელი) (born Leon Shengelaia; February 19, 1884 – December 19, 1963) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He is noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba.^[1]

Major works

Novels and novellas

• Tariel Golua (1916)
• Almazgir Kibulan (1925)
• Blood (1926—1927)
• Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya) (1927)
• Haki Adzba (1933)
• Gvadi Bigva (1936—1937)
• Man of Mountain (1948)

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