Arthur Leist

Arthur Leist (* 1852 in Breslau, † 1927 in Tbilisi ) was a German writer and journalist. He lived in Georgia, translated classic Georgian and Armenian literature, published Transcaucasian studies and was chief editor of the weekly Caucasian mail.

Life

He attended high school. After graduation, he worked as a journalist. At the University of Breslau, he took historically scientific lectures. During the Russo- Ottoman war in 1877 and 1878, he began to be interested in Georgia. In 1884 he traveled to the country in 1885 for a second time the first time. After his third trip Georgia in 1892, he remained there forever.

Leist was dedicated to the translation of classical Georgian and Armenian literature into German, wrote works on Georgian history, ethnography and culture. In 1887 he published the first anthology of Georgian poetry in Germany out in 1889 with the help of Ilia Tschawtschawadses the first complete edition of the Georgian national epic, The Knight in the Tiger Skin in Western Europe.

He reported for decades for German newspapers and magazines from the Caucasus. 1906 to 1922 he was editor of the Kurt coach of Bach laid in Tbilisi German-language weekly newspaper Caucasian mail. At the Tbilisi State University he lectured on German language.

Leist was buried in the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. He spoke German, Georgian, Armenian and Russian.

Works

Monographs

  • Georgia: nature, customs and people. W. Friedrich, Leipzig 1885
  • Literary sketches. W. Friedrich, Leipzig 1886 (ed. Abgar Johannissiany )
  • Three stories of Raphael Patkanian. W. Friedrich, Leipzig 1886
  • Georgian poets. W. Friedrich, Leipzig, 1887
  • Armenian poet. E. Pierson, Dresden 1898
  • The Georgian people. E. Pierson, Dresden, 1903
  • Kakheti. Tbilisi, 1927
  • Sakartvelos guli, Tbilisi 1963

Magazines

  • The educational efforts of the Georgians and Armenians. In: Gazeta Polska, No. 66, 1882
  • A forgotten literature. In: Magazine for literature at home and abroad, No. 6, February 10, 1883
  • Kolchidaschi, In: Iveria, No. IV-V, 1885, pp. 164-211
  • Georgian proverbs. In: From foreign tongues, No. 9, 1900
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