Aka Morchiladze
Aka Morchiladze is the pen name of Giorgi Akhvlediani , a Georgian writer and literary historian who authored some of the best-selling prose of post-Soviet Georgian literary fiction. Morchiladze's work shows reorientation of the early 21st-century Georgian literature towards the Western influences.Biography
Born in Tbilisi, Morchiladze graduated in 1988 from the Department of History, Tbilisi State University, where he later taught. In the 1990s, he worked as a sports journalist and literary columnist for Tbilisi's press. Since 1998, Morchiladze's twenty novels and three collections of short stories have been published by the Sulakauri Publishing. Several of his works have been filmed and staged.- Literary award SABA 2012 in the Best Novel category for Obolé
- IliaUni literary prize 2010 in the Best Novel category for Mameluk
- Literary award SABA 2008 in the Best Novel category for Maid in Tiflis
- Literary award SABA 2006 in the Best Novel category for Venera's Dream
- Literary award SABA 2005 in the Best Novel category for Santa Esperanza
- Literary award SABA 2003 in the Best Novel category for Your Adventure
