Aka Morchiladze
Writer and screenwriter Aka Morchiladze (pseudonym of Giorgi Akhvlediani) is arguably the most outstanding and widely recognized writer of contemporary Georgian literary fiction. He studied and later taught Georgian History at Tbilisi State University; he worked as a sports journalist for a sports daily newspaper in 2000. Since 1998, Sulakauri has published more than twenty of his books. In 2005-2006 he was an author and presenter of a popular TV program on literature. Several films and plays have been based on his works. Morchiladze has won numerous literary prizes in Georgia. He was an honorary spokesperson at the Georgia Guest of Honour opening ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2018.
Morchiladze’s works have been translated into numerous languages and are published in 15 countries.