Irakli Kakabadze
Male, Person
1969 –
Who is Irakli Kakabadze?
Irakli Kakabadze is a Georgian writer, performance artist, peace and human rights activist. In 2009, he was recently awarded the Oxfam/Novib PEN Freedom of Expression Prize. Kakabadze's articles and stories have been published in Georgian, Russian, and English newspapers and magazines. In 2007 Kakabadze received the Lilian Hellman/Hammett grant from Human Rights Watch. From 2008 to 2012, Kakabadze was based in Ithaca, NY, where he has developed a new method of integrating performing arts and social sciences, called "Rethinking Tragedy" or "Transformative Performance." Kakabadze has also pioneered a multi-lingual and multi-narrative performing style, called Polyphonic Discourse. Irakli Kakabadze's work as an artist-activist is subject of a verite documentary At the Top of My Voice.
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- Born
- 1969
Georgia - Also known as
- Irakli kakabadze
- Nationality
- Georgia
- Education
- George Mason University
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on July 23, 2013
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