Titsian Tabidze

ტიციანი
Titsiani
Born21 March 1895
Chkvishi, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died16 December 1937(1937-12-16) (aged 42)
(killed by NKVD)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union or Siberia
Occupationpoet
LanguageGeorgian
NationalityGeorgian
Genrepoetry, symbolism
Literary movementBlue Horns
SpouseNino Makashvili
ChildrenNita Tabidze
RelativesGalaktion Tabidze

Titsian Tabidze (Georgian: ტიციან ტაბიძე, simply referred to as Titsiani; Georgian: ტიციანი) (21 March [O.S. 2 April] 1890 – 16 December 1937), was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of the Georgian symbolist movement. He fell victim to Joseph Stalin's Great Purge, was arrested and executed on trumped-up charges of treason. Tabidze was a close friend of the well-known Russian writer Boris Pasternak, who translated his poetry into Russian.