Manana Antadze
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Born |
Manana Antadze 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 – Founder, Sturua Productions (with Robert Sturua and Giorgi Tevzadze)
- 2008 – present, Vice president, ESU-Georgia
- 1998 – present, Founder and President, Tumanishvili Theatre Foundation
- 1981 – present, literary manager, Tumanishvili Film Actors' Theatre
- 1981–1989 Research Associate, Center for Contemporary Western Literary Studies, Georgian State University
- 1974 – present, freelance translator
Activities
- 2006 – present, Member of the Council of Artists' and Craftsmen' Trade Union
- 1985 – present, Member of the Theatre Craftsmen' Union
- 1981 – present, Member of the Writers' Union
Administrator of Film Actors' Theatre at international festivals
- 1998 Paris
- 1996 Moscow, Chekhov International Festival
- 1994 London, First International Shakespeare Festival
- 1994 Torun International Festival
- 1993 Edinburgh International Festival
- 1990 Perth, Adelaide, Wellington International Festivals
- 1989 Amsterdam, Glasgow, London
- 1987 Madrid International Festival
- 1987 Leningrad /Petersburg/
- 1987 Moscow
- 1986 Vilnius, Kaunas
- 1982 Baku
- 1982 Moscow
Works
Publications
- 1989, Edward Albee: Existential Intuition/in MODERN WESTERN DRAMA, with I. Gogoberidze and L. Kereselidze/
Major Translations
- Terrence McNally, Master Class, 2012, ISBN 978-9941-9236-9-2
- David Hastings, One Small Step, 2010
- Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, 2010
- Tennessee Williams, Camino Real,[1] 2009, ISBN 978-9941-9149-6-6
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth, 2008
- Bertolt Brecht, Mother Courage, 2007
- Nikolai Gogol, Revizor, /Inspector/ 2007
- Artur kopit, Oh Dad, Poor Dad..., 2007
- Neil Simon, The Old Couple, 2006
- G. Kaufman & E.Ferber, The Royal Family, 2006
- Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard, 2005
- Dario Fo, The Open Couple, 2004
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 2002, ISBN 99928-986-5-8
- Olga Taxidou, World Apart, 1997
- Tennessee Williams, Unsatisfactory Supper, 1996
- Athol Fugard, Dimetos, 1986
- Moliere, Don Juan, 1981
- C.P. Snow, Time of Hope, 1980
- Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes, 1979
- William Gibson, A Cry of Players, 1979
- Eugene O'Neill, Desire Under The Elms,1978
- H. G. Wells, Russia in the Shadows, 1978
- Irving Stone, Lust For Life,[2] 1974
Honors and awards
- 2002 – Honorary Citizen of Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France.
References
External links
- Interview with Manana Antadze by Mária Kiššová
- British Council wraps-up New Writing Development project
- Lust for Life
- Manana Antadze
- On Facebook
- au:Antadze, Manana.
- Edinburgh Festival Day 12: Well-rehearsed arguments: The Georgian Film Actors are unpredictable – in every sense. Sarah Hemming tries to keep up