This year, Makvala Gonashvili, the well-known Georgian poet, translator, Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Georgia, has been given the Award established by the Azerbaijan State Translation Centre on the occasion of the International Translator’s Day for her merits in the development of Azerbaijan-Georgian literary relations.

Makvala Gonashvili

·        is a poet and translator;

·        was born in Georgia in 1958;

·        graduated from the Department of Journalism at Georgia State University in 1981;

·        is the author of such books as “From Here to You”, “To Tell the Truth”, “The Dawn of the Sun Seeps Through the Dome”, “My Temple, My Place of Oath”, “Tears of the Sun” and “Bonfire of Poppies”;

·        her works have been translated and published in many languages ​​of the world;

·        is the laureate of the Ilya Chavchavadze, Anna Kalandadze, Galaktion Tabidze and Shota Rustaveli Prizes, and Chairman of the Writers' Union of Georgia.