Ninoshvili Egnate. Complete Collection of Works, 1859–1894 (Tkzulebata sruli krebuli), 1954. In Georgian.

ეგნატე ნინოშვილი
თხზულებათა სრული კრებული, 1859–1894
გერონტი ქიქოძის რედაქციით.
თბილისი: საბჭოთა მწერალი, 1954.
X, 624 გვ. : პორტრ. ; 23 სმ.
ტირაჟი 30 000 ც.
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Ninoshvili Egnate
Complete Collection of Works, 1859–1894 (Tkzulebata sruli krebuli, 1859–1894)
Edited by Geronti Kikodze.
Tbilisi: Soviet Writer (Sabchota Mts'ereli), 1954.
X, 624 pp. : portr. ; 23 cm.
Print run 30,000 copies.

Egnate Ninoshvili (real name Egnate Ingoroqva, 1857–1894) stands among the most influential Georgian realist writers of the late 19th century, alongside Ilia Chavchavadze and Akaki Tsereteli. Coming from a modest rural background in western Georgia, he became a sharp chronicler of social injustice, poverty, and the exploitation of peasants and urban laborers under tsarist rule. His short stories and novellas — such as “Gogia Uishari”, “Lake of Geri”, “Anisior”, “Kinto”, “Bogoma”, “On the Road” and others — combine documentary-like realism, deep psychological insight, vivid ethnographic detail, and biting social criticism, making him a key figure in the Georgian critical realism movement that paved the way for 20th-century Georgian prose.
This postwar collected edition was edited by Geronti Kikodze (1882–1962), a leading Georgian literary scholar, critic, and translator, known for his meticulous work on 19th-century Georgian classics and his role in shaping Soviet-era interpretations of national literature. Kikodze’s editorial introduction and commentary frame Ninoshvili’s oeuvre within the context of progressive social thought and the struggle against feudal remnants.