Lali Gulisashvili

Lali Gulisashvili (IPA: [lali ɡulisaʃʷili]; Georgian: ლალი გულისაშვილი; 10 April 1955 – 28 January 2022) was a Georgian poet, teacher and philologist.

Lali Gulisashvili
Gulisashvili in 2020
Born	Lali Gulisashvili (1955-04-10)10 April 1955 Giorgitsminda, Sagarejo Municipality, Georgian SSR
Died	28 January 2022 (aged 66) Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupation	Poet, essayist
Genre	Poetry, Essay
Literary movement	classicism
Notable works	I Go To The Sky Through The Fog, 2020
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Life and career

Gulisashvili was born in the village of Giorgitsminda, Sagarejo Municipality, Georgia on 10 April 1955. She graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1977 as a philologist, and earned a PhD in philology.

Her verses were published in the newspaper Tbilisi State University and other periodical editions from 1972. She was also an author of four poetic collections. Gulisashvili's poems were turned into songs for the film Iavnana (1994), directed by Nana Janelidze.^[1] These songs became hits on social networks.

Gulisashvili died in Tbilisi in January 2022, at the age of 66.^[2]

Books

• I Go To The Sky Through The Fog, Poems, 2020, ISBN 978-9941-9719-5-2
• To My Son, Poems, Siesta Publishing, 2018
• Prayer For Spring,^[3] Poems, Merani Publishing, 1989
• Coming Back To The Old House, Poems, Merani Publishing, 1985

Literary prizes and awards

• Honor Medal, awarded by the President of Georgia by the decree N573 on 31 August 1996^[4]