Writer Tamaz Chiladze buried at Vake Cemetery
Writer Tamaz Chiladze buried at Vake Cemetery

Tamaz Chiladze, Georgian writer, dramatist and poet, was buried at Vake Cemetery in Tbilisi next to his parents. Civil Funeral was held at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral.

Tamaz Chiladze died at the age of 87 after the long illness. He was the elder brother of a Georgian writer Otar Chiladze.

Tamaz Chiladze’s works have been translated into different languages. He was awarded several prizes, among them the Shota Rustaveli National Prize and the First Prize of West German Broadcasting for the radio-play The Paradise Quartet.