Acclaimed Georgian writer Guram Dochanashvili dies at 82
Born on March 26, 1939 in Tbilisi, Guram Dochanashvili studied history at Tbilisi State University. Photo from Writers House of Georgia
Internationally recognised Georgian writer Guram Dochanashvili has passed away at the age of 82.
The historian by profession he was Georgia’s much beloved prose writer, whose literary works have been popular since1970s.
Dochanashvili s novel
Photo from Liberali webpage
In 2016, Georgian composer Zaza Marjanishvili staged a show featuring opera singers, ballet dancers and actors in a choreographic drama based on Dochanashvili’s novel at the Georgian State Opera Theatre.
The First Robe which involved elements of opera, ballet, graphic arts and drama.