Vazha-Pshavela
Vazha-Pshavela (), simply referred to as Vazha () (14 July 1861 – 10 July 1915), is the pen name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka Razikashvili ().
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- Born
- 26 July 1861
- Died
- 10 July 1915
- Works
- 24
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Writing · Chargali, Dusheti, Georgia
Vaja grew up in Pshavi, in the village of Chargali, in the small family of his father, the village priest Pavle, and his mother, Barbale Pkhikelashvili (Vazha-Pshavela brothers Bachana and Tedo Razikashvili also became famous writers). He studied at the Municipal Theological School, 1877 - 1879 - Tbilisi Teachers' Institute of the School of Civil orklasian, 1879 to Gori Teacher (saostato)…
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Vazha-Pshavela (), simply referred to as Vazha () (14 July 1861 – 10 July 1915), is the pen name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka Razikashvili ().
== Life == Vazha-Pshavela was born into a family of clergymen in the small village of , situated in the mountainous Pshavi province of Eastern Georgia. His appreciation of nature and hunting was influenced by his uncle, Boygar Razikashvili, with allusions to him appearing in Vazha-Pshavela’s literary work. He graduated from the Pedagogical Seminary in Gori in 1882, where he closely associated with Georgian populists (Russian term narodniki). In 1883, he entered the Faculty of Law at St. Petersburg University (Russia) as a non-credit student but returned to Georgia in 1884 due to financial constraints. Upon returning, he worked as a teacher of the Georgian language and gained prominence as a notable representative of the National-Liberation movement of Georgia.
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