Born in 1977 in the city of Sokhumi, Tea Topuria is a contemporary Georgian writer and poet. She graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University with a degree in journalism. She has worked and still works for a variety of media outlets and non-governmental organizations.

 

 

Her works are printed in literary periodicals, with her short stories and poems being included in prose or poetry collections of Georgian authors.She has been nominated and is a laureate of various prestigious literary competitions and she has also been presented a few times for the international ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD.

 

 

Tea Topuria is the author of six books, which differ radically from each other in terms of genre: a prose-poetry collection THE MINT THRESHING FLOOR, a collection of short stories TWO ROOMS IN CAIRO, a poetry collection ECOCIDE, and three books in children’s prose: PARADE VACATIONS; FAIRY TALES FOR WAKING UP and ONE LONG DAY ON ANOTHER PLANET.