What is Rezo Cheishvili?
[[File:Nika Rurua and Rezo Cheishvili.jpg|thumb|[[Nika Rurua]] and '''Rezo Cheishvili''' (right)]] '''Revaz (Rezo) Cheishvili''' ({{lang-ka|რევაზ [რეზო] ჭეიშვილი}}, 24 April 1933 – 11 September 2015) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] writer and scriptwriter. ==Early life and education== Cheishvili was born in [[Kutaisi]], [[Georgian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] in 1933. He moved to [[Tbilisi]], the capital, in 1954 to continue his studies. In 1958 he graduated from [[Tbilisi State University]] with a degree in Georgian language and literature. ==Career== ===Film=== Cheishvili worked from 1961 to 1992 at the 'Georgian Film' studio as a film editor and served on the Film Script Administrative Board. He was a leading member of the Creative Association. He edited various Georgian literary journals and newspapers. Rezo Cheishvili was the scriptwriter of feature-length films ''My Friend Nodari'', ''Samanishvili’s Stepmother'' and the widely famed ''[[Blue Mountains (1983 film)|The Blue Mountains]]'', which was directed by noted Georgian director [[Eldar Shengelaia]]. ===Literature=== Cheishvili’s short stories and novels have been published in several countries.<ref>[https://schiefgelesen.net/2018/03/13/reso-tscheischwili-die-himmelblauen-berge/ Reso Tscheischwili: Die himmelblauen Berge]</ref> ==Personal life== Cheishvili died at his Kutaisi apartment on 11 September, 2015, aged 82.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rezo Cheishvili |url=https://schiefgelesen.net/2018/03/13/reso-tscheischwili-die-himmelblauen-berge/ |work=schiefgelesen.net |date=4 December 2018}}</ref> == Books == * ''Blue Mountains'', 1980; Bakur Sulakauri Publishing 2013 * ''New Kuru'', Palitra L Publishing, 2011 * ''Works in Seven Volumes'', Kutaisi publishing Centre, 2010-2012 * ''Red Flower of Wild Rose'', Palitra L Publishing, 2010 * ''Third Way: About Kutaisi and others'', Kutaisi publishing Centre, 2003 * ''Selected Short Stories'', Kutaisi publishing Centre, 2003 * ''Month of Ripening'', Kutaisi publishing Centre, 2003 * ''Three Novels'', Kutaisi p