His novel Antonio and David (ანტონიო და დავითი, 1987) was published in Swedish in 2013, in Arabic in 2014 and in English in 2015.
[1] Jemal Karchkhadze was born in 1936 in the village of Ukhuti in Vani in western Georgia.
He graduated in 1960 with a degree in Georgian language and literature at Tbilisi State University.
This was followed by his most important novels The Caravan (ქარავანი, 1984), Antonio and David (ანტონიო და დავითი, 1987) and Zebulon (ზებულონი, 1988).
[3] This was followed by a TV-play “Operation Aunt Taso” based on the eponymous short story transmitted in the late 1970s.