Zurab Kapianidze

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Zurab Kapianidze (Georgian: ზურაბ ქაფიანიძე; April 1, 1937 – July 4, 2011) was a Georgian theater and film actor and philologist. He was also a member of the Parliament of Georgia from 1999 to 2003.[1]

Born in the village of

People's Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1979 and the State Prize in 1985.[2]

Kapianidze was also engaged in the research of ancient alphabets. His ideas regarding the origin of the

Georgian alphabet have not to date been taken seriously by the Georgian academic establishment. His book, published in 1990, claimed that the Georgian alphabet was among the first writing systems in the world and attached cosmic-astronomic significance to it.[3] From 1999 to 2003 Kapianidze was elected to the Parliament of Georgia as a non-party member running on the ticket of the block Aghordzineba ("Revival of Georgia") chaired by Aslan Abashidze.[1]

Zurab Kapianidze was buried at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Kapianidze Zurab. Parliament of Georgia. Accessed July 5, 2011.
  2. ^ (in Georgian) 74 წლის ასაკში მსახიობი ზურაბ ქაფიანიძე გარდაიცვალა Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ("The actor Zurab Kapianidze dies at the age of 74"). GHN News Agency. July 4, 2011.
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