Leo Kiacheli

Leon Shengelaia
Native name	ლეო ქიაჩელი
Born	(1884-02-19)19 February 1884 Obuji, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	19 December 1963(1963-12-19) (aged 79) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Pen name	Leo Kiacheli
Occupation	Writer
Language	Georgian
Period	1909–1963
Genre	Realism
Literary movement	Socialist realism
Notable works	Haki Adzba(1933) Gvadi Bigva(1936)

Leo Kiacheli (Georgian: ლეო ქიაჩელი) (born Leon Mikhailovich Shengelaia; 19 February 1884, Obudzhi village (now Tsalenjikha Municipality) – 19 December 1963, Tbilisi) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He has been published since 1909, noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba.

Leo was born into a noble family. In 1904-1905 he studied at the Kharkov University. He participated in the Revolution of 1905-1907. In 1912 he left for Switzerland and returned to Georgia after the February Revolution of 1917.

Major works

Novels and novellas

• Tariel Golua (1916)
• Almazgir Kibulan (1925)
• Blood (1926—1927)
• Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya) (1927)
• Haki Adzba (1933)
• Gvadi Bigva (1936—1937)
• Man of Mountain (1948)