Giwi Margwelaschwili 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.
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Nico HofmannAlso in George (2013)
Anneliese UhligAlso in George (2013)
Rolf KaniesAlso in George (2013)Angelika NussbergerAlso won honorary doctor of the Tbilisi State University
David LordkipanidzeAlso won Giwi Margwelaschwili Award
Hans Joachim SchädlichAlso won Poetik-Professur an der Universität BambergAbout this person
Giwi Margwelaschwili 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.
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