Tamta Melashvili is an award-winning writer based in Tbilisi, Georgia. She has authored three novels, numerous short stories, and several pieces of nonfiction. Her latest acclaimed novel, "Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry" (2021), received the prestigious Saba literary prize and was adapted into a feature film premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. Melashvili's fiction explores themes such as trauma, inequalities, sexuality and power. Her works have been translated into various languages including German, Italian, Russian, and French.
This residency is supported by S. Fischer Stiftung