David Magradze
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David (Dato) Magradze (Georgian: დავით [დათო] მაღრაძე) (born June 28, 1962) is a Georgian poet and politician best known as the author of lyrics of the current National Anthem of Georgia (2004).
Born in Tbilisi, Magradze is a philologist by education trained at the Tbilisi State University. He debuted in the 1980s and edited the leading Georgian literary journal Tsiskari for several years. He served as Minister of Culture of Georgia from 1992 to 1995 and was elected to the Parliament of Georgia from 1999 until he resigned his position in the legislature in 2001. Since 1997, he is the President of the Georgian PEN club. He has been awarded several Georgian and international literary prizes and the Georgian Order of Dignity. His poems have been translated into English, German, Italian, Russian, and Armenian languages.
[edit] References
- David Magradze official website.
- David Maghradze. Parliament of Georgia (1999).
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