Berlin literature event celebrates award–winning Georgian authors

The Berlin Literature Colloquium is held annually at a 1960s mansion in Wannsee neighbourhood in south-western part of the German capital. Photo from Tobias Bohm/LCB.

Agenda.ge, 23 Jun 2016 - 12:46, Tbilisi,Georgia

Germany's capital is hosting three celebrated Georgian writers within a special event of this year's Berlin Literature Colloquium.

The one-day annual literary forum will be held tomorrow and present Georgian Night, a special occasion where award-winning Georgian authors Zaza Burchuladze, Tamta Melashvili and Aka Morchiladze will meet with guests.

Georgian Night will bring together authors, publishers and the audience to celebrate Georgian literature as the country prepares to participate in the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair as Guest of Honour.

Author Zaza Burchuladze is one of three Georgian writers attending the Berlin literature event. Photo from Ira Koklozin/Berlin Literature Colloquium.

Those who attend the event will get to know works by the three authors printed by German and Swiss publishing houses over the last decade.

A discussion of the works with their authors will also be part of the program moderated by director of the Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Literature of Georgia Lasha Bakradze.

Of the three writers, Melashvili was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize for her 2012 novel Counting, while Morchiladze is known to German-speaking readers for his 2006 work Santa Esperanza and Burchuladze for the 2015 novel Adibas.

Writer Tamta Melashvili was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize for her 2012 novel 'Counting'. Photo from Berlin Literature Colloquium.

The evening will also feature music by the Giorgi Kiknadze Trio from Hamburg. The jazz band will provide a touch of their talent which made them a recognised figure in the jazz scene of Germany's northern city.

Georgian Night was organised by the Georgian National Book Centre together with the Berlin Literature Colloquium.

Aka Morchiladze is known to German-speaking readers for his 2006 work 'Santa Esperanza'. Photo from Berlin Literature Colloquium.

Founded in 1963 as a guest house, workplace and talent pool for authors and translators, the Colloquium has evolved into "a place of vivid confrontation with literature", said its organisers.

The Georgian Night occasion will be held within a tour of Georgian authors in German-speaking countries during the month of June.