Iva Pezuashvili

Iva Pezuashvili (, 1990) is a Georgian writer. He was born in 1990, and studied film at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University. In 2018, he won a scholarship for the international writing program at the University of Iowa.

His 2012 film ''Babazi'' was based on his own short story "Alchu" ("Lucky Toss"). He was also a scriptwriter and director for the popular film series ''Tiflis''.

Pezuashvili has been publishing his stories since 2012. His first collection ''I Tried'' appeared in 2014. One of his stories ''Tsa'' has been included in a couple of anthologies like ''The Book of Tbilisi'' and ''Georgien - Eine literarische Einladung''. His debut novel ''Gospel of the Underground'' appeared in 2018, and was shortlisted for a number of Georgian literary awards. His latest work ''A garbage chute'' won the European Union Prize for Literature and the Tsinandali Award. Provided by Wikipedia