Victor Gabeskiria – poet, playwright, essayist, translator was born on Febraury 11, 1903 in Poti, Georgia. He graduated from the Poti classical school (gymnasium) and then from the department of philology of Tbilisi State University. He began writing poems at an early age. Being a poet, he was an editor of the newspaper "Pontos", then an editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Ispiri", published in Batumi. His first poems were published in 1922 in the newspaper "Bakhtrioni". His plays had been staged in the theatres of Georgia. He has translated the poems of Pushkin, Ler-montov, Nekrasov, Mickiewicz, Lesia Ukrainka's and other poets into Georgian.
He passed away on August 27, 1964 and is buried in the Didube pantheon of prominent Georgian writers and public figures in Tbilisi.
At Gurmani Restaurant,
238 Langham Road, London N15 3NB. Telephone: 020 7018 6860
On 10th March, 2025 at 7.30pm.
Tickets: 25.00 (Includes a glass of Georgian wine and a traditional snack)
With thanks to the team of Gurmani Restaurant and Tsitsi
Gabeskiria (the poet's daughter)
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