Mariam Tsiklauri

Mariam Tsiklauri
Tsiklauri in 2013
Tsiklauri in 2013
BornMariam Tsiklauri
(1960-03-18) March 18, 1960 (age 64)
Tbilisi, Georgia
OccupationPoet, short story writer, translator
GenrePoetry, Short story
Literary movementmodernism
Notable worksRitual of Evermore, 2012
Website
armuri.georgianforum.com/t439-topic

Mariam Tsiklauri (IPA: [maɾiam tsʼikʼlauɾi]; Georgian: მარიამ წიკლაური; born 18 March 1960) is a Georgian poet, children's author and translator.

Biography

Mariam Tsiklauri was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1983 as a chemist. She worked as a teacher as well as editor for various publishing houses. She also works as the curator for the Living library project from the Ministry of Culture.

Mariam Tsiklauri is one of the founders of Children's Literature Development Fund – Libo.[1] She is also the author of Georgian-English anthology Georgian Female Poets,[2] comprising poems of 32 Georgian female authors. Her poems have been translated to Lithuanian, English,[3] German, Swedish, Ukrainian, Italian, Russian, Armenian, Czech, Slovakian and Polish languages.

Works

Books

  • I Hear Poems Cooee, 2001, ISBN 99928-910-0-9
  • Wing of Mist Shall I Spread, 2006, ISBN 99940-3635-1
  • Lanterner, 2009, ISBN 978-9941-9058-1-0
  • White Calf,[4] 2010, ISBN 978-9941-9146-5-2
  • Ritual of Evermore,[5] 2012, ISBN 978-9941-9242-9-3
  • Standing Pray for the Sun, 2014, ISBN 978-9941-451-28-7
  • One Hundred Poems, 2014, ISBN 978-9941-454-64-6
  • Today's Day (the entreis), 2015, ISBN 978-9941-458-28-6
  • For the Tameness, 2016
  • For Believing, Nodar Dumbadze International Fund and Edition, ISBN 978-9941-9609-6-3
  • Happy Sovieticus, Nodar Dumbadze International Fund and Edition, ISBN 978-9941-9609-5-6
  • Road Crossing, Intelect Publishing, ISBN 978-9941-482-35-9

Children's books

Translated books

  • Verses by Mariam Tsiklauri in the book: I Am Many (Women's Voices From Georgia) Poetry collection of twelve Georgian female authors, translated by Sabine Schiffner, project author Irma Shiolashvili, Pop-Verlag Ludwigsburg Publishing

Translations

Awards and honors

  • Grand-prix of the literature competition Shotaoba, Special prize of Sandra Roelofs for the poem Golden Fish, 2009
  • Makvala Mrevlishvili Prize for fertile endeavor in children's literature, 2010
  • Children's Book's Second Festival Prize for "The Author of The Year's Best Children's Book" (Coloring Poems, Shemetsneba Publishing), 2010
  • Prize from female poet competition Khvarazmoba, 2011, 2015, 2016
  • Gala (literary prize) for poem collection White Calf, 2011
  • Winner of St. Nino festival, 2011
  • Prize and medal of the Georgian Spirit Festival, 2012
  • First Prize of literature competition Shotaoba, 2012, 2013
  • Iakob Gogebashvili youth and children's literature prize for the nomination of 'Year's best poetic collection', for the book 'Joyful Recipes', 2017
  • Nominated for Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) 2019 for work dedicated to children[7]
  • Iakob Gogebashvili youth and children's literature prize for the nomination of 'Children and Youth's Innovative Project'. for TV project "Club Do" (In collaboration with Nino Chkhikvadze), 2019

References

  1. ^ Libo (25 August 2011). "THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE DEVELOPMENT FUND: მარიამ წიკლაური".
  2. ^ 32 Georgian female authors (2016). "Georgian Female Poets". via Open Library.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Open Library (2011). "World Poetry Almanac 2011, 180 Poets from 100 Countries". via Sendoo Hadaa.
  4. ^ Ciklauri, Mariam (1 January 2010). Tʻetʻri xborebi. Pegasi. OCLC 752478950.
  5. ^ Ciklauri, Mariam (1 January 2012). Maradisobis rituali. OCLC 812081413.
  6. ^ "Გვერდი ვერ მოიძებნა - ბიბლუსი".
  7. ^ Poet Mariam Tsiklauri, illustrator Giorgi Chachanidze nominated for Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

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