Dmitrii Gulia

Abkhazian writer and educator
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Also known as: Dmitrii Iosifovich Gulia, Dyrmit Iosip-ipa Gulia
Quick Facts
Abkhaz in full:
Dyrmit Iosip-ipa Gulia
Russian in full:
Dmitrii Iosifovich Gulia
Born:
Feb. 21, 1874, Varcha, Abkhazia
Died:
April 7, 1960, Gulripsh, Abkhazia, Georgia, U.S.S.R. [now Abkhazia, Georgia] (aged 86)
Subjects Of Study:
Abkhaz language

Dmitrii Gulia (born Feb. 21, 1874, Varcha, Abkhazia—died April 7, 1960, Gulripsh, Abkhazia, Georgia, U.S.S.R. [now Abkhazia, Georgia]) was an Abkhazian writer, educator, and cultural pioneer, commonly considered the founder of Abkhazian literature. From an early age, Gulia was active in promoting the Abkhaz language, and in 1892 he created a revised Abkhaz script and primer with K.D. Machavariani. Gulia was one of the first Abkhazians to document the tales and legends of local storytellers, and his publication of Abkhazian Proverbs, Riddles, and Tongue-Twisters in 1907 and Poems and Chastushki in 1912 marked the beginning of secular literature written in ...(100 of 281 words)