Tsira Gelen

Hi! Let me introduce myself; my real name is Tsira Gelenava-Volobueva but I use the pseudonym Tsira Gelen so that English speakers do not break their tongues by trying to pronounce my combined Georgian-Russian surname correctly (which they never manage, anyway). I am from Georgia, a country located right where the East meets the West, and as you’ve already guessed, I’m multi-lingual, writing in Georgian, English, and Russian. (How well - it’s up to you to judge.) I am a proud mom with two beautiful girls, Nino and Mariam, and their adopted brothers – black Labrador Alfie and yellow kitty Lawrence. By profession, I am a Philologist and by heart, I am a researcher; I absolutely adore studying ancient civilizations. My career is a logical reflection of my character; I taught language arts at the Technical University of Georgia for ten years and then worked at the Faculty of Russian History at the Tbilisi State University for a while. The next ten years of my life I spent in America, working in the field of design, though I had never forgotten my true passion for literature and history. My main literary work: "And God Requireth That Which is Past" was thought out and mostly written during that period of time. In 2009 I returned to my motherland, and continue to live here to this day. During the last years, at different times, I have worked as a teacher, as a freelance tutor and translator for various organizations. Besides studying antiquities and wondering about them, I have one more obsession – I love traveling and spend as much time as I can visiting different countries. And, of course, writing! Writing is my primary obsession. Now, at this stage of my life, I think I'm finally ready to release my more than decade-long literary work into the world for you, my dear reader. I hope you’ll enjoy it.