12 Facts About Konstantine Lortkipanidze

Konstantine Lortkipanidze was a Soviet and Georgian writer.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze was born on 7 January 1905 in the village of Didi Jikhaishi.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze attended Kutaisi Humanitarian Technical School, and graduated in 1924.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze wrote many pompous poems about the revolutionary struggle.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze joined the active army in September 1943, first as a telephone operator in a communications company and then from 1944 as correspondent and organizer of the Georgian-language divisional newspaper Forward for the Motherland.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze fought in the North Caucasian Front and in the separate Primorsky Army, and participated in the Novorossiysk-Taman and Crimean offensive operations.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze was awarded two military orders for his exemplary performance in combat.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze's award-winning collection of true stories Death Will Wait was dedicated to the heroism of the Soviet people during World War II.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze's works were translated into French, German, Turkic, Ukrainian and Armenian.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze translated works by A Mitskevich, P Eluaris, I Franco, Kh.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze was a deputy to the eighth convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR.

Konstantine Lortkipanidze died on 30 July 1986, and is buried in the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi.