Sophia Amirajibi, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sophia Amirajibi

translator of poetry

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1847

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1906

Profession: translator

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Sophia Amirajibi

  • Princess Sophia Amirajibi (Georgian: ????? ?????????, Sop'io Amirajibi; Russian: ????? ?????????? ??????????, Sofia Vasilyevna Amiradzhibi) née Argutinskaya-Dolgorukaya (???????????-??????????) (October 1, 1847, Tbilisi – June 14, 1906, Moscow) was one of the best translators of Georgian poetry into Russian, and the founder of the first children's library in Tbilisi.
  • She was born of the Armeno–Georgian noble family of Argutinsky-Dolgorukov and married to a Georgian nobleman, Lieutenant-General Mikhail Amirajibi.
  • Her translations of Ilia Chavchavadze, Akaki Tsereteli, Vakhtang Orbeliani and many others, noted for their quality and closeness to the originals, were regularly published in the Russian-language press of Tbilisi.
  • Most of her translations were published in a separate volume by Alexander Khakhanov in Moscow in 1909.

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