Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria
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Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria (February 3, 1868 – May 1, 1951) was a Georgian
woman novelist.
She was born into an aristocratic family in Gori, Georgia
, then part of Imperial Russia. Eristavi-Khoshtaria began as a teacher in her birth-place, Gori, where she founded a free school for peasant children and later established a women’s organization Mandilosani (1913-4). She debuted in 1885 when her translation of an Ossetic
legend ბესო (Beso) was published. In the 1890s she was encouraged by the popular Georgian writer Akaki Tsereteli
to move to Tbilisi
to continue her work on original writings. Her first novels, მოლიპულ გზაზე (On the Slippery Path, 1897) and ბედის ტრიალი (The Wheel of Fate, 1901), enjoyed recognizable success. Being the first Georgian female writer who set her work from a feminine view and direct it at educated adults, Eristavi-Khoshtaria’s novels and stories follow one pattern: they trace the career of a Georgian noblewoman , thrown into turmoil of the collapse of the old economic and moral orders in the mid-19th century, defending her ideals of free work and truthful love against a corrupt background and clay-footed heroes. After the Soviet invasion
of 1921, she withdrew from literary and public activities and wrote little, except ideologically corrective introductions to reprints of her own works .
She was married to Dutu Megreli (Dimitri Khoshtaria) (1867-1938), an author of popular patriotic poems and children’s stories.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
woman novelist.
She was born into an aristocratic family in Gori, Georgia
Gori, Georgia
Gori is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district. The name is from Georgian gora , that is, "heap", or "hill"...
, then part of Imperial Russia. Eristavi-Khoshtaria began as a teacher in her birth-place, Gori, where she founded a free school for peasant children and later established a women’s organization Mandilosani (1913-4). She debuted in 1885 when her translation of an Ossetic
Ossetians
The Ossetians are an Iranic ethnic group of the Caucasus Mountains, eponymous of the region known as Ossetia.They speak Ossetic, an Iranian language of the Eastern branch, with most also fluent in Russian as a second language....
legend ბესო (Beso) was published. In the 1890s she was encouraged by the popular Georgian writer Akaki Tsereteli
Akaki Tsereteli
Prince Ak'ak'i Tsereteli was a prominent Georgian poet and national liberation movement figure.He was born in the village of Skhvitori on June 9, 1840 to the prominent Georgian aristocratic family. His father was Prince Rostom Tsereteli...
to move to Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
to continue her work on original writings. Her first novels, მოლიპულ გზაზე (On the Slippery Path, 1897) and ბედის ტრიალი (The Wheel of Fate, 1901), enjoyed recognizable success. Being the first Georgian female writer who set her work from a feminine view and direct it at educated adults, Eristavi-Khoshtaria’s novels and stories follow one pattern: they trace the career of a Georgian noblewoman , thrown into turmoil of the collapse of the old economic and moral orders in the mid-19th century, defending her ideals of free work and truthful love against a corrupt background and clay-footed heroes. After the Soviet invasion
Red Army invasion of Georgia
The Red Army invasion of Georgia also known as the Soviet–Georgian War or the Soviet invasion of Georgia was a military campaign by the Soviet Russian Red Army against the Democratic Republic of Georgia aimed at overthrowing the Social-Democratic government and installing the Bolshevik regime...
of 1921, she withdrew from literary and public activities and wrote little, except ideologically corrective introductions to reprints of her own works .
She was married to Dutu Megreli (Dimitri Khoshtaria) (1867-1938), an author of popular patriotic poems and children’s stories.