Elguja Khintibidze
Birthday 7, June 1937.
Birthplace Georgia.
Position
Director of the Centre for Kartvelian (Georgian) Studies.
Head of Laboratory of Georgian-Foreign Literary Research at Tbilisi
State University.
Former Position
Dean of Faculty of Philology of TSU (1976-1986).
Pro-rector for scientific research of TSU (1986-1993).
Academic Background
Doctor of philology, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy
of Sciences of Georgia
Membership in Professional and Social Organizations
Société Internationale pour L'Etude de la Philosophie
Médiévale - S.I.E.P.M.(Belgique).
Honorary Member of the International Biographical Centre (Cambridge).
Honorary Member of the Research Board of Advisors of the American Biographical
Institute (Raleigh, N. C., USA).
- Honours Participant of International Congresses and symposia and
deliver of the lectures at the Universities:
Madrid, Basco, Tel-Aviv, Helsinki, Turku, Ottava, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Massachusetts at Amherst, Georgetown, London, Oxford, Cambridge, Rome, Venice, Jena, Erfurt.
Awards
International Order of Merit - IOM (Cambridge).
Ivane Javakhishvili Prize (Tbilisi).
Main Publications
1. Byzantine-Georgian Literary Contacts (Georg. ed. Tbilisi, 1982;
Rus.ed. Tb. 1989; English ed. Amsterdam 1996).
2. Georgian Redactions of Basil the Great's Asceticon (Georg. ed. Tb.
1968).
3. Concerning the Relationship of the Georgian and Greek Versions of
Barlaam and Ioasaph (English ed. Paris 1976).
4. World outlook Problems in Rustaveli's Poem The Man in the Panther's
Skin (Georg. ed. 1975).
5. Medieval and Renaissance Trends in Rustaveli's Poem (Georg. ed.
1993).
6. The Designations of the Georgians and Their Etymology, (Georgian
and English ed., Tb. 1998)
Address
Side St. Ateni 18A, Apt. 13, Tbilisi, 380079, Georgia.
Tel. 00(995 32) 23-18-00 (Home).
Chavchavadze Ave. I, Tbilisi, 380028, Georgia.
Tel. 00(995 32) 29-08 33 (Office).
Fax 00(995 32) 25-25-01
Email: khintibidze@access.sanet.ge
