Fate did not spoil Nodar Dumbadze. His families touched the repression of the 30s. The boy became the son of "enemies of the people." The works of the Georgian writer are largely autobiographical. They reflect the contradictions of the era and reflections on good and evil. Dumbadze remains one of the most popular and readable authors of Georgia.
From the biography of Nodar Dumbadze
Nodar Vladimirovich Dumbadze was born on July 14, 1928 in the capital of Georgia. The events of the 30s of the last century left an imprint on his life and literary work. His parents were arrested, accusing them of being enemies of the people. The son of the former secretary of the district committee was forced to lead a difficult life. Parents were rehabilitated only after the death of Stalin.
Dumbadze grew up in western Georgia. His relatives brought him up. He graduated from the school in the village. Then he entered the Tbilisi State University, the Faculty of Economics, which he graduated in 1950.
For several years, Nodar worked as a laboratory assistant at the university. And then he became fully involved in literary work, becoming an employee of the magazine Tsiskari. He also happened to work as deputy editor in the comic magazine Niangi.
Since 1973, Dumbadze is secretary, and later chairman of the Union of Writers of Georgia. From the beginning of his literary career, Nodar Dumbadze gained popularity. His works are awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize and the Lenin Prize. From 1971 to 1978, he was a deputy of the Supreme Council of his republic, and later was elected to the Supreme Council of the USSR.
The path to literature
The first poems of the Georgian author were born back in 1950 in the student collection "The First Ray". Six years later, three books of humorous stories were published, which attracted the attention of readers.
But the real fame brought Dumbadze the novel "I, grandmother, Iliko and Illarion." The book was published in 1960. Subsequently, a play was written based on the novel, which was successfully staged in the writer's homeland.
Poems, short stories, and novels and novels that followed afterwards confirmed for the writer the glory of one of the country's most talented authors. The most famous are his books "I see the sun", "Sunny night", "The law of eternity." The works of Dumbadze successfully survived several editions. He also penned travel notes and journalistic articles.
