Akaki Tsereteli

Akaki Tsereteli Prince (Georgian აკაკი წერეთელი; born June 9, 1840 in Schwitori, Georgia; † January 26, 1915 in Sachkhere, Georgia) was a Georgian poet and politician and one of the leaders of the Georgian national movement.

Life

He came from a wealthy aristocratic family. The mother came out of the imeretischen royal house. Up to the age of six, he grew up in accordance with the tradition in a peasant family. He put on the Georgian school in Kutaisi from the High School. In 1863 he finished a study of Oriental languages ​​at the University of Saint Petersburg.

Tsereteli was initially a freelance writer, and later editor of the satirical magazine Jester and co-founder of the Society for the Propagation of the read and write customer among the Georgians. Together with Ilia Chavchavadze a member of the liberal and social-reform writers' association Tergdaleuni, he was one of the leaders in the struggle for self-determination and freedom of Georgia.

His poems ( Suliko, The Tutor, Tornike Eristavi ), short stories ( Bashi Achuki ) and plays ( Gamzrdeli ) were devoted to historical subjects and the lack of freedom of the Georgian farmers. You already made ​​him alive to a popular poet. In the first Georgian film 1912 Tsereteli was the main actor. There was a documentary on his 72nd birthday and showed it on a trip through western Georgia.

He was married to the Russian Natalya Basilewskaja. After his death he was buried in the Pantheon today at Mount Mtazminda in Tbilisi.

The Kutaisi State University bears his name. His portrait is depicted on the front of the Georgian 10 lari - bill. In birthplace in Schwitori is a museum on the life of the writer.

After Tsereteli and the station Tsereteli Gamsiri Metro Tbilisi was named.