Konstantine Gamsakhurdia

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Konstantine Gamsakhurdia კონსტანტინე გამსახურდია
Born	May 3, 1893 Abasha, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	July 17, 1975 (aged 82) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	writer, poet, social activist
Language	Georgian
Nationality	Georgian
Literary movement	Expressionism, Literary modernism
Notable works	"The Right Hand of the Grand Master" "David the Builder"
Notable awards	Shota Rustaveli Prize
Spouse	Miranda Palavandishvili
Children	Zviad Gamsakhurdia
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Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (Georgian: კონსტანტინე გამსახურდია, romanized: k'onst'ant'ine gamsakhurdia) (May 3, 1893 – July 17, 1975) was a Georgian writer and public figure. Educated and first published in Germany, he married Western European influences to purely Georgian thematic to produce his best works, such as The Right Hand of the Grand Master and David the Builder. Hostile to the Soviet rule, he was, nevertheless, one of the few leading Georgian writers to have survived the Stalin-era repressions, despite exile to a White Sea island and several arrests. His works are noted for their character portrayals of great psychological insight. Another major feature of Gamsakhurdia's writings is a new subtlety he infused into Georgian diction, imitating an archaic language to create a sense of classicism.

Konstantine Gamsakhurdia's son, Zviad, became a notable Soviet-era dissident who was subsequently elected the first President of Georgia in 1991, but died under suspicious circumstances in the civil war in 1993.