Suttner, Bertha von

Suttner, Bertha von (née Countess Kinsky) (9.VI.1843, Prague – 21.VI.1914, Vienna), Austrian writer. She became known in Europe for her pacifist novel Lay Down Your Arms! (1889). In 1905, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Between 1876 and 1885, she lived in Georgia with her spouse, A. Suttner, as a guest of the Queen of Samegrelo, Ekaterine Chavchavadze-Dadiani, with whom she had established a close relationship during her time in Paris. Suttner's literary heritage comprises belletristic, journalistic, critical, and historical essays. Her book Memoirs (1909) contains an extensive chapter that is entirely dedicated to Georgia. It is noteworthy that, according to Bertha Suttner’s account, the couple translated The Knight in the Panther's Skin into German and French; however, the manuscript remains undiscovered. It is supposed that it may be preserved within family archives.

Literary works: ქართველებთან და საქართველოში, ნ. კაკაბაძის თარგმანი და გამოც., თბ., 1999.

Literature: კაკაბაძე ნ., რუხაძე ნ., ბერტა ფონ ზუტნერის მოგონებები საქართველოზე, «ცისკარი», 1962, №5; მათივე, კავკასია და საქართველო გერმანულ ლიტერატურაში, თბ., 1963.

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