Sandro Tsirekidze
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Sandro Tsirekidze (1894–1923) was a Georgian
poet, Symbolist
.
Born in Kutaisi
, he graduated from the school course in 1912 and then continued his studies at St. Petersburg University. Because of health problems he moved to Kiev University
. In 1916 he became one of the founder members of the Symbolist group Blue Horns
.
In 1920s he established writers corporation "Writers Publishing Cooperative." At the same time he founded the publishing house "Kirchkhibi." His first book "Mtvareulebi" was published in 1921.
He died in 1923, in the summer. He was buried at the Vera Cemetery.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
poet, Symbolist
Symbolism (arts)
Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire...
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Born in Kutaisi
Kutaisi
Kutaisi is Georgia's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi.-Geography:...
, he graduated from the school course in 1912 and then continued his studies at St. Petersburg University. Because of health problems he moved to Kiev University
Kiev University
Taras Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv , colloquially known in Ukrainian as KNU is located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is the third oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and Kharkiv University. Currently, its structure...
. In 1916 he became one of the founder members of the Symbolist group Blue Horns
Blue Horns
Tsisperqantselebi was a group of Georgian Symbolist poets and prose-writers which dominated the Georgian literature in the 1920s. It was founded as a coterie of young talented writers in the Kutaisi city in 1915 and was suppressed under the Soviet rule early in the 1930s.The group originated in...
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In 1920s he established writers corporation "Writers Publishing Cooperative." At the same time he founded the publishing house "Kirchkhibi." His first book "Mtvareulebi" was published in 1921.
He died in 1923, in the summer. He was buried at the Vera Cemetery.