Shalva Dadiani
Shalva Dadiani (Georgian: შალვა დადიანი; May 21, 1874 – March 15, 1959) was a Georgian novelist, playwright, and actor.
Born in
He was a writer, playwright, producer and fiction writer. He was also an actor, theatre-goer, publicist, politician and public figure.
He married Princess Elena Andronikashvili (1879-1956).
His first collection of poems appeared in 1892, followed by a series of short stories published in the magazine Iveria in the late 1890s. Dadiani began his theatrical career in 1893 and quickly became a close collaborator of
He joined the Communist Party later in his life (1945) and was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He became People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1923, and was decorated with a number of Soviet awards, including the Order of Lenin. He died in Tbilisi.
Chairman of the Georgian Actors Union and the Georgian Theatrical Society (1950-1959).
Selected filmography
- The Exile (1922); actor, screenwriter
- Before the Hurricane (1924); screenwriter
References
- ISBN 0-7007-1163-5.
External links
- Shalva Dadiani at IMDb
- Shalva Dadiani on Georgian National Filmography
- (in Georgian) Shalva Dadiani (1874-1959). Anthology of Georgian classical literature. Georgian eBooks. The National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.