Vol. 18 (2025): International Conference Emigration and Literary Discourse
Georgian Literature in Emigrant Journalism and Literary Criticism

Publications of Ekvtime Taqaishvili in Georgian Émigré Press

Darejan Menabde
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature

Published 2026-02-19

Keywords

  • Ekvtime Taqaishvili,
  • articles,
  • émigré press

Abstract

Georgian scholar and public figure Ekvtime Taqaishvili was in France in 1921-1945 together with the members of the government emigrated from Georgia, where he published articles and research in magazines and newspapers abroad in the Georgian, French and English languages, Ekvtime Taqaishvili’s four monographs in the Georgian language (1933-1939) were also published in Paris. The paper deals with articles of Ekvtime Taqaishvili published in the Georgian language in the émigré press (Damoukidebeli sakartvelo, Sakartvelo, Kavkasioni, Kartlosi) on the topics of the history, archeology and literature of Georgia. These publications are noteworthy not only for their scholarly significance, but also from the viewpoint of demonstration of the worldview values, which is one more feature for representation of the civic portrait of this great figure.