Manana Antadze

Manana Antadze
Manana Antadze, 2010
Born	Manana Antadze (1945-08-28) August 28, 1945 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)

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

Biography

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

Manana Antadze is a Georgian translator and the Founder and President of Tumanishvili Theater Foundation. From 1981 to 1989, Manana Antadze was a research associate at the Centre for Contemporary Literary Studies at the Georgian State University. She has been also working as 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.

2006 She present annually announces contest in 'New Writing' : 1. New Georgian play; 2. The Best Translation.

2009 July, attended 31st Cambridge Seminar on Contemporary Literature.

2009 August, attended Globe Education Cultural Seminar 'Shakespeare & His Stage'.

Her biography is published in Who is Who in Georgia, 2009.

Work Experience

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

Education and training

1962-1967, MA/BA State Universicty of Tbilisi (TSU), Western European Languages and Literature
2009, 31st Cambridge Seminar ‘CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE’ (alumna)
2009, Globe Education Cultural Seminar ‘SHAKESPEARE & 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)

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

Translations Published

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

Honors and awards

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

References

↑ Irving Stone, LUST FOR LIFE (Translation in Georgian)

External links

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