Editing Grigol Robakidze (section)

==Biography==
He was born on October 28, 1880, in the village of [[:Ka:სვირი (ზესტაფონის მუნიციპალიტეტი)|Sviri]], [[Imereti]] (west Georgia). After the graduation from Kutaisi Classical Gymnasium (1900), he took courses at the [[University of Tartu]] ([[Estonia]]) and the [[University of Leipzig]] ([[Germany]]). Robakidze returned from Germany in 1908, and gradually became a leading person among the young Georgian [[Symbolism (movement)|symbolist]]s. In 1915, he founded and led the ''Blue Horns'', a new group of symbolist poets and writers which would later play an important role, particularly during the next two decades. Heavily influenced by [[Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche]], his prose centered "on the search of mythological archetypes and their realisation in the life of a nation, and although its intrigue is always artificial and displays much of pose, he was highly respected both by his compatriots and a number of important [[Europe]]an literary figures, such as [[Stefan Zweig]] and [[Nikos Kazantzakis]]."<ref>{{cite web|title=George Tarkhan-Mouravi (1997), ''70 Years of Soviet Georgia: From Independence to Independence'' |url=http://rolfgross.tripod.com/Texts/Giahistory.htm |accessdate=2006-05-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412083013/http://rolfgross.tripod.com/Texts/Giahistory.htm |archivedate=2006-04-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1917, he played a role in founding of the [[Union of Georgian Writers]]. He was involved in the national liberation movement of Georgia of 1914–1918. Robakidze got a diplomatic post in 1919, when he took part in the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] as an executive secretary of the state delegation of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]].

After annexation of Georgia by Soviet Russia in 1921, he remained in the country, but was known for his anti-Soviet sentiments. His famous play ''Lamara'' was staged by the leading Georgian director [[Aleksandre Akhmeteli|Sandro Akhmeteli]] in 1930, a performance which became a prize-winner at the 1930 [[Moscow]] Drama Olympiad.

Robakidze and his wife defected to Germany the same year. Despite [[Lavrenti Beria]]'s objections, they had secured exit visas, ostensibly to supervise the translation of his works into German, and had decided not to return. This hardened Beria's resolve to deal with the rest of the Blue Horns.<ref>Rayfield, Donald (2000), ''The Literature of Georgia: A History'': 1st edition, p. 265. Routledge, {{ISBN|0-7007-1163-5}}.</ref> ''Lamara'' continued to be staged to prove the achievements of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] theatrical art, although without the name of the playwright being announced. His defection, along with [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]]'s suicide, silenced most of his fellow poets for a long while. As an émigré, Robakidze had a rather unhappy life.

During [[World War II]], he participated in the right-wing patriotic émigré organizations such as the Committee of Independence of Georgia (1941), the [[Union of Georgian Traditionalists]] (1942) and [[Tetri Giorgi (organization)|Tetri Giorgi]]. After the war, his two books on [[Benito Mussolini]] and [[Adolf Hitler]] were believed to favour [[Nazism]]. Famous representatives of the Georgian political emigration rejected this claim.

He died a broken man in [[Geneva]] on November 19, 1962. He was later reburied in the Cemetery of [[Leuville-sur-Orge]], [[France]], a burial ground of the Georgian emigration to Europe.