The 8 laureates of the 2020 Tsinandali Award are known
The jury of the Zurab Zhvania “Tsinandali Award” has announced the 8 laureates of the 2020 “Tsinandali Award” across 8 fields of science and art.
- Theatre Art:
David Turkiashvili - Director
Won the title of laureate with the play “Invertebrate” (Sh. Dadiani Zugdidi Drama Theatre)
- Cinematic Art:
Saba Kareli, Mirian Oragvelidze - Film Directors
Won the title of laureates with the short documentary film “Portrait of a Father in the Interior”
- Musical Art:
Anushka Chkheidze - Electronic Music Composer
Won the title of laureate with her debut album "Halfie" (CES Records)
- Fiction (Poetry):
Giorgi Shonia - Poet
Won the title of laureate with the poetry collection ,,Flowers of Robots'' (Inteleqti Publishing 2020)
- Fiction (Prose):
Iva Pezuashvili - Writer
Won the title of laureate with the novel “Bunker” (“Inteleqti” Publishing 2020)
- Exact and Natural Sciences:
Tsotne Chitiashvili - Molecular Biologist
Won the title of laureate with the paper “Specific proteome promotes the localization of Xist non-coding RNA in the nucleus and gene inactivation” (Journal “Nature”)
- Fine Arts:
Shotiko Apsiauri - Artist
Won the title of laureate with the installation “Logging the Forest, Building the Temple”
- Humanities:
Nika Khoperia - Historian
Won the title of laureate with the work “Military History of Late Antique Georgia” Vol. II (“Artanuji” Publishing 2019)
The laureates of the “Tsinandali Award” will be awarded diplomas, special prizes, and monetary awards.
The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia congratulates each laureate on this great victory and wishes them creative success!
The competition for the “Tsinandali Award” was held in a remote format from September 21 to October 20. Young scientists and artists aged 18-30 were able to submit important projects implemented throughout 2020 for the award in eight nominations.
The “Tsinandali Award 2020” is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia. Supporters are: company “Badagoni”, company PSP. The official insurer of the project is the insurance company “Ardi”. The information supporter of the award is the radio holding “Fortuna”.
