Born in 1966 is a famous poet, fiction writer, translator and art critic. He made his debut as a poet in 1993 with The Wings of Death, since then has published significant number of poetry collections, four works of prose and a book of literary criticism, which won the literary award SABA as the best criticism of the year. Simultaneously Iatashvili has worked on literary translations and introduced to Georgian readers Styles of Radical Will by Susan Sontag  and an anthology of American poets into Georgian. From 1993-97 Shota Iatashvili worked as an editor at the Republic Centre of Literary Critics (on the literary newspapers 'Rubikoni' and 'Mesame Gza'. He was an editor-in-chief of the newspaper 'Alternative' issued by the Cultural Center -Caucasian House and later became the editor of the publishing house Caucasian House. Currently, he is an editor-in-chief of the journal 'Akhali Saunje' and leads the rubric 'Library' at Radio Liberty. Shota Iatashvili is a recipient of several poetry awards and is participant of numerous international literary festivals, such as EST-OUEST (Die, France, 2006), Poetry International (Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2007). ORIENT-OCCIDENT (Romania, Curt-De Arges, 2006), the V and VI International Poetry Biennale (Moskow, Russia, 2007, 2009) and etc. Iatashvili’s poems have been published in several countries among them: Collection of Shota Iatashvili’s poems Pencil in the Ground - Krok 2016, Ukraine; Anthology of Georgian Poetry - Arc publication 2016, UK; Anthology of Georgian Poetry: Aus der Ferne - Corvinus Presse 2015, Germany; Anthology of Georgian Poetry through the ages: Ich aber will dem Kaukasos zu… - Pop Verlag 2015, Germany; Anthology of Georgian Poetry - Ogi 2014, Russia; Contemporary poetry from Georgia (Hedendaagse poezie uit Georgia) - Poezie Centrum, Gent, Geruisloos geraas 2010, Netherlands; The Café in Vere Park (poems, a long poem, a play, an essay, an interview) - Mutercim 2009, Azerbaidjan.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• The Bitterness of Poetic Experiences, Intelekti Publishing, 2015
• Gravitation, Palitra L Publishing, 2012 
• Tidying Up, Publishing House Saunje, 2010
• The Scar, Publishing House Pegasi, 2010
• While It’s Time (2006), Until It’s Time, Siesta Publishing House, 2006 
• Photo-Fathers, Bakur Sulakauri Publishing, 2005 
• A Pencil in the Sky, Caucasian House Publishing, 2004 
• Verses, Publishing House Georgian Book, 2002 
• The Petrol Flowers, Caucasian House Publishing, 2000 
• The Flower of All Flowers and an Engineer, Caucasian House Publishing, 2000 
• Counter-Ajour, Merani Publishing, 1998 
• Chewing Gum, Publishing House Georgian Book, 1994 , 
• The Wings of Death, Krialosani Publishing, 1993

LITERARY PRIZES AND AWARDS

• Literary award SABA 2011 in category the best criticism for Cleaning Up
• International Award “Киевские лавры” 2009
• Literary award SABA 2007 in category the best poetry collection for Until its Time