Education: Philologist, Georgian language and literature
Position: Chair of the union “StudioMobile – Accent on Action”
Research Interests: Human Rights
Languages: Georgian, English, Russian, Czech
City: Tbilisi
Email: studiolia(at)hotmail.com
Biography:
Lia Jaqeli worked as a translator since she graduated from the Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, faculty of philology. During 1986-2002 Lia was an editor of “The Main Editorial Board of Artistic Translation and Literary Relations” (later “Caucasian House” – the Centre for Cultural Relations). In 1999 she founded NGO “StudioMobile – Accent on Action” together with her friends. This organisation works into two directions in order to protect human rights: portable educational events and alternative media-production.
Production:
- Poems and translated works in different periodicals;
- Documentaries:
- Mom, Dad, I’m Gay (2013)
- The Price of Being ME (2011)
- Qedeli (2010)
- All-Important (2008)
- Codes and Verses (2006)
- Where Are You My Suliko (2006)
- Dress Rehearsal (2004)
- I Don’t Know (2004)
- Invisible (2003)
- To Be a Worthy Woman (2001)