Nino Haratischwili

born 1983 in Tbilisi, she is a freelance director and writer. During her studies from 1998 to 2003, she directed the German-Georgian ensemble »Fliedertheater«. She writes plays and prose pieces in German, including »Der Cousin und Bekina« (tr: »The Cousin and Bekina«), »Georgia / Liv Stein«, and her 2010 novel, »Juja«. In 2008 she won the Rolf-Mares-Preis, 2009 the Heidelberger Stückemarkte Author’s Prize and in 2010 received the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize.