Guram Batiashvili


Guram Batiashvili is a Georgian writer and playwright. He is vice president of the World Jewish Congress and member of the General Council of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.
At various times, Batiashvili has been and continues to be a member of the presidium and boards of the Writers’ Union of Georgia and of the Theatre Workers’ Union of Georgia. From 2003 to 2012, he was co-chairman of the World Congress of Georgian Jews. He is currently Vice-President of the Georgia-Israeli Friendship Society. Since 1993, he has been the Editor in Chief of the Jewish newspaper "Menorah".
Batiahvili is the author of 15 books, including 4 novels. He is the author of several plays focusing on Jewish topics: The Debt, Land or Homeland, On the Eagle's Wings, and The Beginning. His plays and novels have been translated into Russian and Hebrew.