Alexander Kazbegi

Aleksandre Qasbegi (Georgian ალექსანდრე ყაზბეგი; Russian Александр Казбеги, Alexander Kazbegi, . * 8 Januarjul / 20 January 1848greg in Stepantsminda, Georgia, .. . † 10 Dezemberjul / 22 December 1893greg in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian writer. His pseudonym was Motschchubaridse ( " Handel Daddy Issues"). He devoted himself in his works depicting the lives of the common people in Georgia and entered for the Georgian independence.

Life

He was born the great-grandson of knighted for his services during construction of the Georgian Military Highway Lord of Stefanzminda, Gergeti and Dariali, Qasibeg Tschopikaschwili. The grandfather of Qasbegi changed his name to Qasbegi and took advantage of his father's first name as a new family name.

Qasbegi grew up as the only child of strict and ambitious Mikheil Qasbegi and Elisabeth Tarchnischwili formed into a wealthy family. His mother ruled the ancient Georgian script and was interested in literature (The Life of Kartli and Wefchistkaosani ). As Foreign Qasbegi learned Russian and French. His teacher Nino gave him social values ​​and commitment to vulnerable people.

After the death of his father Qasbegi went for seven years in the mountains, where he worked as a shepherd. During this period he wrote a number of works. In 1879 he settled in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Under his stage name Motschchubaridse he wrote numerous melodramatic works such as The patricide here and was so well known that he could live as the first Georgian author of the writing .. Qasbegi, the one attested also a talent for dance Lekuri, survived despite its economic success in modest circumstances.

After an illness he died in 1893. His birthplace was converted into a museum. In his later named after him birthplace there is a monument Qasbegis.