INTRODUCING VAZHA PSHAVELA To say that Vazha Pshavela's poetry deserves to be known outside the confines of Georgia is an under- statement. He is known in Russia through translations by Zabolotskv, Pasternak, Mandelshtam and Tsve- tayeva, but few have heard of him in England and America. There is an elemental power in his language, his poetic vision and his themes which make this ignorance ...

The book features some works of Ilia Chavchavadze translated into English by brother and sister Oliver and Marjory Wardrop. The translations have not lost their literary value to the present day. The publication is intended as a gift to the Georgian reader in connection with the 150th anniversary celebrations of the birth of the outstanding Georgian writer and public figure.