Valerian Gaprindashvili (; December 21, 1888 â January 31, 1941) was a Georgian poet and translator whose early, Symbolist, poetry was of much influence on development of Georgian metaphor and verse.
Born in Kutaisi, he graduated from the Moscow University in 1914. Returning to Georgia, Gaprindashvili was one of the founder members of the Symbolist group Blue Horns in 1915âÂÂ1916. His early, innovating poems illustrate the world as a mystic show populated with phantoms and doubles mixed with nearly "sacral" heroes from history and literature such as Cagliostro, Hamlet, Ophelia, Hannibal, etc. His first and best book, Daisebi ("Sundowns", 1919), at a time he called "the Dionysian night" of Georgia, introduced into Georgian the aesthetics of Baudelaire and Paul Valéry, as well as the mannerisms of the Russian Symbolists. Gaprindashvili significantly distanced himself from the Georgian literary classics' understanding of a poet's mission and suggested an outcast, mad and suicidal person as an eventual result of a poet's natural evolution. From the 1920s, like many of his fellow Symbolists, he faced an ideological pressure from the newly established Soviet regime which forced him to make a conciliatory move towards the standards of Soviet literature. He survived Stalinist purges of the 1930s, but his later years were unproductive.
Gaprindashvili also made translations from Eugène Edine Pottier, Goethe, Pushkin, Lermontov, Alexander Blok, Nikolay Nekrasov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and others. He also translated and published in Russian the works of the Georgian Romanticist poet Nikoloz Baratashvili.
Gaprindashvili's writings
- Gaprindashvili, Valerian. Daisebi: 1915âÂÂ1918. Kutaisi: K'irchkhibis gamotsema, 1919 (áÂÂáÂÂá¤á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¨áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ: 1915âÂÂ1918. áÂ¥á£áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂ: áÂÂáÂÂá á©á®áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡ áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáªáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, 1919)
- Gaprindashvili, Valerian. Leksebi: t'omi p'irveli. T'pilisi: Sakhelmts'ipo gamomtsemloba, 1926 (áÂÂáÂÂá¤á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¨áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. áÂÂáÂÂáÂ¥á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ: á¢áÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. á¢á¤áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂ: á¡áÂÂá®áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá‡ÂÂá¤á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáªáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, 1926)
- Gaprindashvili, Valerian. Leksebi. T'pilisi: Pederatsia, 1937 (áÂÂáÂÂá¤á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¨áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. áÂÂáÂÂáÂ¥á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. á¢á¤áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂ: á¤áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáªáÂÂáÂÂ, 1937).
- Gaprindashvili, Valerian. Leksebi; Levan Asatianis ts'inasit'q'vaobit da redaktsiit. Tbilisi: Sabch'ota mts'erali, 1944 (áÂÂáÂÂá¤á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¨áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. áÂÂáÂÂáÂ¥á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ; áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂá¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡ á‡ÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂá¢á§áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂá á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂ¥áªáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂ: á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂá‡ÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, 1944).
- Gaprindashvili, Valerian. Leksebi: 1915-1941. Tbilisi: Sakartvelos sabch'ota mts'erlebis k'avshiri; gamomtsemloba "lit'erat'tura da khelovneba", 1964 (áÂÂáÂÂá¤á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¨áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. áÂÂáÂÂáÂ¥á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ: 1915âÂÂ1941. áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂ: á¡áÂÂáÂ¥áÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡ á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂá‡ÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡ áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¨áÂÂá áÂÂ; áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáªáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá "áÂÂáÂÂá¢áÂÂá áÂÂá¢á£á á áÂÂá á®áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ", 1964)
- Gaprindashvili, Valerian. Leksebi; p'oema; targmanebi; esseebi; ts'erilebi; mts'erlis arkividan. Tbilisi: merani, 1990 (áÂÂáÂÂá¤á áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¨áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. áÂÂáÂÂáÂ¥á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ; áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ; áÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ; áÂÂá¡á¡áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ; á‡ÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ; áÂÂá‡ÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂá¡ áÂÂá áÂ¥áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ. áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂáÂÂá¡áÂÂ: áÂÂáÂÂá áÂÂáÂÂáÂÂ, 1990)
References
- Robert B. Pynsent, Sonia I. Kanikova (1993), Reader's Encyclopedia of Eastern European Literature, p. 120. Harpercollins,
Relevant sources
- Ljutskanov, Jordan. "The Image of (Black?) Sea in the Poetry of Valerian Gaprindashvili." á¡á¯áÂÂáÂÂá 24 (2023): 83-121.
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