Daur Zantaria
Daur Zantaria (Abkhazian: Даур Занҭариа) (25 May 1953 – 7 August 2001) was a writer and journalist from Abkhazia, publishing both in Abkhaz and Russian languages.
Early life and education[]
Zantaria was born on 25 May 1953 in the village of , Ochamchira District. He graduated with a gold medal from Tamysh high school in 1971 and with honours from the philological faculty of the Sukhum State Pedagogical Institute in 1975.[1]
Literary career[]
Zantaria published his first short story Kuasta in the magazine in 1976. In the following years, his short stories and poems appeared in Alashara, the children's magazine , the newspaper and the almanac . In 1984, Zantaria entered the Union of Soviet Writers. That same year, he participated in a workshop for script writers in Moscow by Valentin Yezhov and wrote the script for the film Souvenir, released in 1985.[1]
On 19 January 1991, Zantaria presided over the founding congress of Abkhazia's first post-Soviet political party Democratic Party of Abkhazia. He had conceived of the idea of founding the party along with historian Guram Gumba and Russian poet during a visit by the latter in 1990. The party was not revived following the 1992–1993 war with Georgia.[2]
In the 1990s, Zantaria became a member of the and published stories, essays and articles for Novy Mir, , Znamya, Expert, , as well as a number of novels and collections of short stories and poems.[1]
Death[]
Zantaria died on 7 August 2001. He lies buried in Tamysh.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Зантария Даур Бадзович – прозаик, поэт, публицист". Ministry for Culture of Abkhazia. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ Sharia, Vitali (30 October 2015). ""Демократическая Абхазия": вчера, сегодня, завтра". . Retrieved 14 November 2015.
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