Nozadze Victor

Nozadze Victor (1893–1974), Scholar, rustvelologist, born in Tsirqali village, Georgia. In 1913, after the graduation of Georgian Classical School in Kutaisi, he entered the Philological Faculty of Moscow University. In 1917 he returned to Georgia. V. Nozadze published his impressions of Russian February revolution in ‘Ertoba’ (Unity), newspaper of Social-Democrats. At first, he was the editor of newspaper ‘Social-Democrat’ in Kutaisi; later, after he moved to Tbilisi, he edited newspaper ‘Republic of Georgia’. In 1919, the government of independent Georgia sent V. Nozadze abroad to continue his studies. He spent some time in London, then, in 1928, after graduating the Berlin University, he settled in Paris. There V. Nozadze issued several issues of magazine ‘Ornat’. Later he edited literaryscientific political magazine ‘Caucasus’. V. Nozadze published six monumental works on Rustaveli’s Poem The Man In the Panther’s Skin.

In 1966, in Paris, V. Nozadze published special issue of ‘Caucasus’ dedicated to the 800th year of birth of Shota Rustaveli. In immigration V. Nozadze was actively engaged in Rustvelology: his research of The Man in Panther’s Skin by Sh. Rustaveli was crowned with a monumental study comprising 6 volumes that were published at different times (1953- 1975) in different cities (Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Paris).

V. Nozadze died in France. According his last will, he was buried at the Georgian cemetery in Leuville, near Paris.