Chachkhalia, Kirshal Shamilovich

Kirshal Shamilovich Chachkalia (May 25, 1918, village of Pakuash, Kodori district of Abkhazia - 1970, June 4, Sukhum) - Abkhaz poet . In 1958 he graduated from the Higher Literary Courses at the Literary Institute of the USSR SP. Began to print since 1936. Following L. Labahua, who was the pioneer of the genre, he developed and approved poetry satire in Abkhazian literature. The names of the characters of the satire of Ch. Became household names. Widely known as a satirist, Ch. Received after the publication of sharply satirical poems "Ambakva cheats", "Shop N". Of no less importance than satire is the history of the development of Abkhaz literature and poetry.

During life in the Abkhaz language, collections were published - “Poems” (1955), “In My Village” (1956), “Blossomed Branches” (1958), “New Songs” (1960), “A Flower and a Thorn” (1963), “ Plantain "(1967)," Favorites "(1968); posthumous collection of new poems - "Spring Thoughts" (1971); in Georgian - “In the oak grove of the fatherland” (1965), “Poems” (1976); in Russian - “Heart speaks” (1959), “Salvation” (1970).