Gala (literary prize)
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Gala (Georgian
: გალა (ლიტერატურული პრემია)) are founded under the aegis of Tbilisi Sakrebulo
(Tbilisi City Assembly, Georgia
). The idea of the competition belongs to writer and member of Tbilisi City Assembly Zaal Samadashvili
. The competition revealed winners in the following seven nominations.
Nomination winners were awarded two prizes: a copy of a Bronze Age axe and prize money (4000 GEL
). The idea of Bronze Age axe sketch pertains to sculptor Gogi Ochiauri, whereas the prize itself was elaborated by Tbilisi City Assembly member Khatuna Ochiauri.
Georgian language
Georgian is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad...
: გალა (ლიტერატურული პრემია)) are founded under the aegis of Tbilisi Sakrebulo
Tbilisi Sakrebulo
The Tbilisi Sakrebulo is a representative body in the city government of Tbilisi, Georgia. It is also known in English as the Tbilisi City Council or Tbilisi Assembly...
(Tbilisi City Assembly, Georgia
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...
). The idea of the competition belongs to writer and member of Tbilisi City Assembly Zaal Samadashvili
Zaal Samadashvili
Zaal Samadashvili , a Georgian writer.-The biography:Zaal Samadashvili has graduated from Tbilisi state university ....
. The competition revealed winners in the following seven nominations.
Nomination winners were awarded two prizes: a copy of a Bronze Age axe and prize money (4000 GEL
Georgian lari
The lari is the currency of Georgia. It is divided into 100 tetri. The name lari is an old Georgian word denoting a hoard, property, while tetri is an old Georgian monetary term used from the 13th century....
). The idea of Bronze Age axe sketch pertains to sculptor Gogi Ochiauri, whereas the prize itself was elaborated by Tbilisi City Assembly member Khatuna Ochiauri.
Nominations
- The best book
- The best handbook
- The best translation
- The best book for children
- The best illustration
- The best literary project
- The best script (since 2011)
Gala 2007
- The best handbook: Jemal Karchkhadze for book of selected stories
- The best translation: Elza Akhvlediani for translation The Autumn of the PatriarchThe Autumn of the PatriarchThe Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel written by Gabriel García Márquez in 1975.A "poem on the solitude of power" according to the author, the novel is a flowing tract on the life of an eternal dictator...
by Gabriel Garcia MarquezGabriel García MárquezGabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo throughout Latin America. He is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in... - The best illustration: Levan Kharanauli and publishing house Litera for illustrating Servantes's Don Quijote
- The best writing for children: Davit Javakhishvili for book of short stories Uncle Seva's Stories
Gala 2008
- The best book: Archil Kikodze for book of short stories Calmly
- The best handbook: Vakhtang Javakadze for Stranger
- The best translation: Maya Badridze for for translation The Man Without QualitiesThe Man Without QualitiesThe Man Without Qualities is an unfinished novel in three books by the Austrian writer Robert Musil....
by Robert MusilRobert MusilRobert Musil was an Austrian writer. His unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities is generally considered to be one of the most important modernist novels... - The best book for children: Tariel Khavtasi for The real stories about animals
- The best illustration: Mamya Malazonya for Tutiname
- The best literary project: Naira GelashviliNaira GelashviliNaira Gelashvili is a Georgian fiction writer, philologist, Germanist, and civil society activist.Gelashvili graduated from the Faculty of Western European Literature, Tbilisi State University, in 1970. She has published a series of stories and the novel dedis otakhi...
for Rainer Maria RilkeRainer Maria RilkeRené Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke , better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian–Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language...
(works in five volumes).
Gala 2009
- The best book: Rostom Chkheidze for monography August Children
- The best handbook: Marry Titvinidze for translation from Espanol essays by Miguel De UnamunoMiguel de UnamunoMiguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.-Biography:...
- The best translation: Sibila Geladze for translation from French Journey to the End of the NightJourney to the End of the NightJourney to the End of Night is the first novel of Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work describes antihero Ferdinand Bardamu....
by Louis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand CélineLouis-Ferdinand Céline was the pen name of French writer and physician Louis-Ferdinand Destouches . Céline was chosen after his grandmother's first name. He is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, developing a new style of writing that modernized both French and... - The best book for children: Zaza Tvaradze for Montebulsu or Ell's wonderful journey
- The best illustration: Natasha Babunashvili for designing The Wonderful Wizard of OzThe Wonderful Wizard of OzThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of...
by L. Frank BaumL. Frank BaumLyman Frank Baum was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz... - The best literary project: Vakhtang Kudava for the project Nobel laureates
Gala 2010
- The best book: Zurab Lezhava For Child's Bite on Goldcrest in October
- The best handbook: Hero from Prime-Time
- The best translation: Lia Chlaidze for translation from Turkish My Name Is RedMy Name is RedMy Name Is Red is a 1998 Turkish novel by Nobel laureate author Orhan Pamuk. The English translation won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003,. The French version won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger and the Italian version the Premio Grinzane Cavour in 2002...
by Orhan PamukOrhan PamukFerit Orhan Pamuk , generally known simply as Orhan Pamuk, is a Turkish novelist. He is also the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches comparative literature and writing.... - The best book for children: Mzia Surguladze for Georgian History For Children
- The best illustration: Tinatin Chkhikvishvili Poems by Makvala MrevliSvili
- The best literary project: Kakha Tolordava for Conversations on Jazz
Gala 2011
- The best book: Mariam Tsiklauri for poetry book White calves (Pegasi publishing)
- The best handbook: Miho MosulishviliMiho MosulishviliMiho Mosulishvili is a Georgian writer.- Biography :In 1986 Miho Mosulishvili has graduated from Tbilisi state university , geological-geographical faculty on a speciality of the engineer-geologist...
for book Vazha-Pshavela (biographical novel)Vazha-Pshavela (biographical novel)Vazha-Pshavela is a 2011 Georgian Biographical novel by author Miho Mosulishvili.-Anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in 2010-2011:...
(Pegasi publishing) - The best translation: Khatuna Tskhadadze for transalation The Name of the RoseThe Name of the RoseThe Name of the Rose is the first novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory...
(Il nome della rosa, 1980) by Umberto EcoUmberto EcoUmberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose , an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory...
(Diogene publishing) - The best book for children: Nato Davitashvili for novel In and beyond fogs (Logos-Press publishing)
- The best illustration: Loreta Abashidze-Shengelia for illustrations Tamri Pkhakadze's book The adventure of Globusa and Luke (Pegasi publishing)
- The best script: Maka Kukulava for Ada's movie
- The best literary project: Zaza Abzianidze for 100 books - people who changed the world (Georgian Biographical Centre)