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Manana Antadze (Georgian: მანანა ანთაძე, born August 28, 1945) is a Georgian writer and translator, and founder of the Tumanishvili Theatre Foundation.

Manana Antadze
Born	Manana Antadze (1945-08-28) August 28, 1945 (age 77) Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation	Writer, essayist, translator
Genre	Epic, drama, tragicomedy, comedy
Notable works	Translation of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, 2008
Spouse	Eldar Tsitsishvili, architect-restorer
Children	David (1965), Tamara (1971)

Life and career

In 1967 Manana Antadze graduated from Tbilisi State University (TSU), Western European Languages and Literature.

From 1981 to 1989, Antadze was a research associate at the Centre for Contemporary Literary Studies at the Georgian State University. She has been a freelance translator since 1974, and her numerous translations include William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Irving Stone's Lust for Life, and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

In 2006, Antadze presented the annual awards given for "New Writing" in "New Georgian play" and "The Best Translation". In July 2009. she attended the 31st Cambridge Seminar on Contemporary Literature, then, in August she attended Globe Education Cultural Seminar on "Shakespeare & His Stage".

Antadze's biography is included in Who is Who in Georgia (2009).

Work experience

1971–present, Freelance translator
1981-1989, Center for Contemporary Western Literary Studies, TSU (research associate)
1981–present, Tumanishvili Film Actors’ Theatre (Literary manager)
1998–present, Tumanishvili Theatre Foundation (Founder and President)
2006–present, Legal Leader of International Drama Competition ‘NEW WRITING IN GEORGIA’
2012–present, Sturua Productions/Founder with Robert Sturua and Gia Tevzadze

Education and training

1962-1967, MA/BA Tbilisi State University (TSU), Western European Languages and Literature
2009, 31st Cambridge Seminar "Contemporary Literature" (alumna)
2009, Globe Education Cultural Seminar "Shakespaere and his Stage" (alumna)

Memberships

Inner Wheel (Rotary) Club
Eurodram
Georgian Writers’ Union
Georgian Theatre Craftsmen’ Union

Works

Publications

1989, "Edward Albee: Existential Intuition" in Modern Western Drama, with I. Gogoberidze and L. Kereselidze

Translations staged (in Georgian)

1978 – Eugene O’Neill, Desire Under The Elms, director Temur Chkheidze
1980 – William Gibson, The Cry Of Players, director Andro Enukidze
1981 – Moliere, Dom Juan, director Mikheil Tumanishvili
1982 – Rudyard Kipling, The Cat That Walked By Himself, director Nana Demetrashvili
2004 – Dario Fo, The Open Couple, director Keti Dolidze
2005 – Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard, director Gogi Margvelashvili
2006 – George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, The Royal Family, director Keti Dolidze
2007 – Nikolai Gogol, Revisor (Inspector), director Otar Egadze
2007 – Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage, commissioned by David Doiashvili
2009 – William Shakespeare, Macbeth, director David Doiashvili
2010 – Edmond Rostand, Cyrano De Bergerac, director David Doiashvili
2010 – David Hastings, One Small Step, commissioned by British Council Georgia
2012 – Terrence McNally, Masterclass, director Robert Sturua
2014 – Maxim Gorky, The Lower Depths, director David Doiashvili
2015 – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, commissioned by Robert Sturua
2015 – William Shakespeare, King Lear, director Zurab Getsadze
2015 – Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, director Keti Dolidze

Translations published

1971 – Irving Stone, Lust For Life[1]
1978 – H. G. Wells, Russia in the Shadows
1979 – Eugene O'Neill, Desire Under The Elms
2002 – J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, ISBN 99928-986-5-8
2009 – Tennessee Williams, Camino Real,[2] ISBN 978-9941-9149-6-6
2012 – Terrence McNally, Masterclass, ISBN 978-9941-9236-92
2014 – Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard, ISBN 978-9941-9352-3-7
2014 – Moliere, Dom Juan, ISBN 978-9941-9352-4-4
2014 – Edmond Rostand, Cyrano De Bergerac, ISBN 978-9941-9352-6-8
2014 – William Shakespeare, Macbeth, ISBN 978-9941-9352-5-1

Honors and awards

2002 – Honorary Citizen of Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France.
2015 – Ivane Machabeli Prise

References

External links

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На других языках

- [en] Manana Antadze

[ru] Антадзе, Манана Акакиевна

Манана Акакиевна Антадзе (груз. მანანა ანთაძე; род. 28 августа 1945, Тбилиси) — грузинская писательница и переводчица , учредительница фонда Тбилисского Театра киноактёров имени Михаила Туманишвили

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