Vaja-Pshavela - Double Feature

Vaja-Pshavela

Vaja grew up in Pshavi, in the village of Chargali, in the small family of his father, the village priest Pavle, and his mother, Barbale Pkhikelashvili (Vazha-Pshavela brothers Bachana and Tedo Razikashvili also became famous writers). He studied at the Municipal Theological School, 1877 - 1879 - Tbilisi Teachers' Institute of the School of Civil orklasian, 1879 to Gori Teacher (saostato) Seminary in 1882 , he graduated from. The innate call of t...he truth-seeker brought Vazha-Pshavela closer to the circle of people in Gori. Once taught in Amtniskhevi , 1883 - 1884In the years he was a free listener at the Faculty of Law of the University of St. Petersburg . Due to lack of money, he soon left the university and worked for several years, first in Otarasheni , in the Amilakhvari family, as a home teacher, and then in the village school of Didi Toneti . 1888 was the drinksHe lived, plowing the land like other peasants, tending cattle and hunting. Enjoyed great influence among the mountain people. Rarely came to the bar. Pshauri wrote his genius poems, stories and poems during the long winter nights. In Pshavi, on the bank of the river Charglura, stands a small house of Kvitkiri. It was in this house that Luka Razikashvili was born on July 14, 1861, whom we know as Vazha-Pshavela. Vazha's father was a man of rare talent, eloquent, curious, and a man of letters. He taught himself to read and write and became a priest. The father instilled in his children a love of books, told about David the Builder , Georgian and foreign heroes, loved the "Panther- skinned " and famous contemporaries - Ilia and AkakiCreatures. He also instilled in his children a love for the sacred books. Vazha-Pshavela remembers how Sulganabul listened to his father's sweet conversation when he was telling from divine history. The mother told heroic stories, Pshauri legends and poems. Thanks to his mother, Vaja knew a lot of folk poems by heart, so everyone was amazed at how one person was able to memorize so many poems. Vazha grew up like this until he was eight years old, and at the age of eight he was sent to the Telavi Theological School . The knowledge gained at the Telavi school was not enough for him. For this reason he could not continue his studies at the Tbilisi Teaching Institute and entered the Gori Master Seminary. His future has already been determined - his public activity and artistic creation would be his activity. In the seminary, students published a manuscript magazine "Rijrazh". Vazha-Pshavela was an active employee and one of the heads of this publishing house. Soon his translations and poems appeared in the newspaper "Droeba" and the magazine "Imedi" . At that time he was working as a teacher. He then left for St. Petersburg and entered the university as a free listener at the Faculty of Law. But he left because of lack, returned to his homeland and settled in Chargali. Vazha had a small child and had to work hard to earn a living. He worked hard, but he still could not reach the poverty. Hard work and hardship soon affected Vajra's health. He was diagnosed with pulmonary pleurisy and underwent surgery. Once it seemed to be repaired. The Georgian orthodox society took advantage of the poet's work and held a literary evening, at the end of which Vazha was presented with a laurel wreath with the inscription - "Georgian Poetry Eagle".