- Arthur Leist
Arthur Leist (1852 – 1927) was a German writer, journalist and translator of Georgian and Armenian literature.
He was born and educated at
Breslau . During theRusso-Turkish War (1877–1878) , he got interested in theCaucasus . After his three visits to Georgia between 1884 and 1892, Leist decided to permanently settle inTiflis . He regularly wrote on the history, ethnography and culture of Georgia, and translated many pieces of classic Georgian and Armenian literature. He compiled the first anthology of Georgian poetry in German in 1887 and, with the help of the Georgian writerIlia Chavchavadze , published the complete German translation of the medieval Georgian epic poem "The Knight in the Panther's Skin " byShota Rustaveli in 1889. From 1906 to 1922, he edited "Kaukasische Post", the only newspaper of the Caucasian German community. He died in Tiflis and was buried at the Didube Pantheon.Works
*"Georgien: Natur, Sitten und Bewohner". W. Friedrich, Leipzig 1885
*"Litterarische Skizzen". W. Friedrich, Leipzig 1886 (Hrsg. Abgar Johannissiany)
*"Drei Erzählungen von Raphael Patkanian". W. Friedrich, Leipzig 1886
*"Georgische Dichter". W. Friedrich, Leipzig, 1887
*"Armenische Dichter". E. Pierson, Dresden 1898
*"Das georgische Volk". E. Pierson, Dresden, 1903
*"Kacheti". Tiflis, 1927
*"Sakartvelos guli", Tbilisi 1963
*"Das Bildungsstreben der Georgier und Armenier". In: "Gazeta Polska", Nr. 66, 1882
*"Eine vergessene Literatur". In: "Magazin für die Literatur des In- und Auslandes", 20.1.1883
*"Kolchidaschi", In: "Iveria", Nr. IV-V, 1885, S. 164-211
*"Georgische Sprichwörter". In: "Aus fremden Zungen", Nr. 9, 1900References
*de icon Schota Rewischwili: "Arthur Leist und die georgischen Schriftsteller". Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift / Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Gesellschafts- und sprachwissenschaftliche Reihe, 26(1977)1, S. 97-103
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