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Giwi Margwelaschwili

1927-12-14 – 2020-03-13

Life & Legacy

Giwi Margwelaschwili (Georgian: გივი მარგველაშვილი Givi Margvelashvili; 14 December 1927 – 13 March 2020) was a German-Georgian writer and philosopher. Born in Berlin to anti-communist Georgian refugees, he was raised as a German. After World War II, his father and he were abducted by the Soviet NKVD secret police. His father, Tite Margwelaschwili was shot by the NKVD and Giwi was imprisoned in the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp for 18 months and then, speaking neither Russian nor Georgian, he was released to Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, where he had relatives. He learned both languages and studied English, working as a language teacher. He wrote novels and philosophy books in German. He returned to Germany and became a German citizen in 1994. In 2011, he moved back to Tbilisi again.

Occupation & Career

philosopher, university teacher, writer, philologist, Germanist, teacher

Education

Ilia State University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Poetik-Professur an der Universität Bamberg; Goethe Medal; Presidential Order of Excellence; Giwi Margwelaschwili Award; honorary doctor of the Tbilisi State University; Italo-Svevo-Preis

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Giwi Margwelaschwili Award · Goethe Medal · honorary doctor of the Tbilisi State University · Italo-Svevo-Preis · Poetik-Professur an der Universität Bamberg · Presidential Order of Excellence