Chabua Amirejibi

ჭაბუა ამირეჯიბი
Chabua Amirejibi
Born18 November 1921
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
Died12 December 2013(2013-12-12) (aged 92)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupationwriter, novelist
NationalityGeorgian
GenreLiterary realism
Notable worksData Tutashkhia
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Mzechabuk "Chabua" Amirejibi, (often written as "Amiredjibi", Georgian: მზეჭაბუკ "ჭაბუა" ამირეჯიბი; 18 November 1921 – 12 December 2013) was a Georgian novelist and Soviet-era dissident notable for his magnum opus, Data Tutashkhia, and a lengthy experience in Soviet prisons.