Vazha-Pshavela (biographical novel)
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Vazha-Pshavela is a 2011 Georgian
Biographical novel
by author Miho Mosulishvili
.
is associated in 2010-2011 (listed in the French alphabetical order of Member States):
, the divine poet Homer
and the genius Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi
.
We see that it easily can be compared to the same level in creativity: Ovid
, Goethe, Shakespeare, Robert Burns
; but we see also how the original is Vazha-Pshavela and how many greatest are its meaning in today's world, whether is involved in the confrontation of East-West.
The book Vazha-Pshavela (And Phelypaea coccinea looks in chasm) show new version of life Vazha-Pshavela and unique style of his thinking.
The discovery may be regarded as the author's observation that the five epic poems of Vazha-Pshavela (Aluda Ketelauri (1888), Bakhtrioni (1892), Host and Guest (1893), The avenger of the blood (1897), Snake eater (1901)) is based on the principle Golden ratio
, thus this poems resembles the works of Ancient and Renaissance authors.
Miho Mosulishvili
asserts, that Vazha-Pshavela rising from the depth of creativity of Georgian mythology, which makes it original event on background of the world's literature and will significantly increase the magnitude of Georgian literature.
And others.
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...
Biographical novel
Biographical novel
The biographical novel is a genre of novel which provides a fictional and usually entertaining account of a person's life. This kind of novel concentrates on the experiences a person had during his lifetime, the people he met and the incidents which occurred are detailed and sometimes...
by author Miho Mosulishvili
Miho Mosulishvili
Miho 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...
.
Anniversaries with which UNESCO is associated in 2010-2011
The General Conference, by its 35C/Resolution 72, approved the following list of anniversaries with which UNESCOUNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
is associated in 2010-2011 (listed in the French alphabetical order of Member States):
(24) 150th anniversary of the birth of Vazha Pshavela, writer (1861-1915) (Georgia)
150th anniversary of the birth of Vazha Pshavela
150th anniversary of the birth of Vazha Pshavela, writer (1861-1915):Vazha Pshavela (the pseudonym of Luka Razikashvili, 1861-1915) was a Georgian thinker, poet and writer. Vazha Pshavela's poetry represents the summit of nineteenth-century Georgian realism..
He was born in the small PshavianPshaviPshavi is a small historic-geographic area in Georgia, included in today’s Mtskheta-Mtianeti region and laying chiefly on the southern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains along Aragvi River and the lower Iori River. The Pshavs, who are locally called the Pshaveli, speak a Georgian dialect...
village of Chargali. He graduated from teachers' seminary and studied law at Saint Petersburg University. Vazha Pshavela wrote most of his verses, poems and stories in the vicinity of his native village. His works are mainly devoted to human relationships towards the material world. The national epic works of Georgian poetry in the nineteenth century and the revival of poetic epos are also connected with his name. Heroism, tragedy and humanity define the epic creativity of Vazha Pshavela. His poems and narrative stories are widely translated into a number of languages
Outline
This biographical novel will we know what to look like Vazha-Pshavela: from ancient Greek mythology characters LaocoönLaocoön
Laocoön the son of Acoetes is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology.-History:Laocoön is a Trojan priest of Poseidon , whose rules he had defied, either by marrying and having sons, or by having committed an impiety by making love with his wife in the presence of a cult image in a sanctuary...
, the divine poet Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
and the genius Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
.
We see that it easily can be compared to the same level in creativity: Ovid
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso , known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who is best known as the author of the three major collections of erotic poetry: Heroides, Amores, and Ars Amatoria...
, Goethe, Shakespeare, Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
; but we see also how the original is Vazha-Pshavela and how many greatest are its meaning in today's world, whether is involved in the confrontation of East-West.
The book Vazha-Pshavela (And Phelypaea coccinea looks in chasm) show new version of life Vazha-Pshavela and unique style of his thinking.
The discovery may be regarded as the author's observation that the five epic poems of Vazha-Pshavela (Aluda Ketelauri (1888), Bakhtrioni (1892), Host and Guest (1893), The avenger of the blood (1897), Snake eater (1901)) is based on the principle Golden ratio
Golden ratio
In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant, approximately 1.61803398874989...
, thus this poems resembles the works of Ancient and Renaissance authors.
Miho Mosulishvili
Miho Mosulishvili
Miho 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...
asserts, that Vazha-Pshavela rising from the depth of creativity of Georgian mythology, which makes it original event on background of the world's literature and will significantly increase the magnitude of Georgian literature.
Characters
- Vazha-PshavelaVazha-PshavelaVazha-Pshavela is the pen-name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka P. Razikashvili , a classic of the new Georgian literature.- The biography :...
- Ilia Chavchavadze
- Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe VerdiGiuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
- Akaki TsereteliAkaki TsereteliPrince 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...
- Ernest HemingwayErnest HemingwayErnest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
- Titsian TabidzeTitsian TabidzeTitsian Tabidze was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of Georgian symbolist movement. He fell victim to Stalin’s Great Purge, being arrested and executed on trumped-up charges of treason. Tabidze was a close friend of the well-known Russian writer Boris Pasternak who translated his poetry...
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
- AnandavardhanaAnandavardhanaAnandavardhana was the author of Dhvanyaloka, a work articulating the philosophy of "aesthetic suggestion". The philosopher Abhinavagupta wrote an important commentary on it.Anandavardhana is credited with creating the dhvani theory...
And others.
Release details
- 2011, Georgia, ვაჟა–ფშაველა (ISBN 9789941917967), Pub. date 25 May 2011, Hardcover (First edition - in Georgian)