Ekaterine Gabashvili

Ekaterine Gabashvili (Georgian: ეკატერინე გაბაშვილი) née Tarkhnishvili (თარხნიშვილი) (16 June 1851 – 7 August 1938) was a Georgian writer, feminist and public figure who called for social reform in favour of women's emancipation.

At 17, she opened a private school devoted to the education of peasant children, concerned as she was by the conditions of the peasantry.

In 1890, together with Anastasia Tumanishvili-Tsereteli, co-founded Jejili, a journal which published children's literature, encouraging interest in the genre in Georgia.

[2] She authored several sentimental novels and stories about the sorrows of village schoolteachers and peasant life.

In 1958, a movie Magdanas lurja (Magdana's Donkey), based on one of Gabashvili’s novels and directed by Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz Chkheidze, won prizes at the international film festivals at Cannes and Edinburgh.