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until 1989. Since then, he has been working as a professor of
Georgian literature at the Shota Rustaveli Institute. At times, he has served as a member of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia and on the Scientific Research Centre of Galaktionology, an academic board dedicated to the studies of
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and co-owner of the Omega Group corporation. He owns 25% of Kartli TV, a regional television channel in
Georgia and a previous division of the Omega Group-owned Iberia TV, before the latter shut down. Rostom is married to Mariam Japaridze and has three children.
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Chkheidze is a career literary expert and author. Until 1987, he worked at the Literary Georgia editorial office, before becoming the lead academician in the state-organized commission dedicated to the study of the text of the medieval
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among others. He is also known for his research on ancient cultures, Biblical society, and Arabic literature and is considered a leading
Rustavelologist. Rostom Chkheidze has translated several major Western works, including novels by
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courses in high schools, increasing the salaries of countryside school staffs, reducing regional university tuition rates, and transforming public schools into local cultural centers open to the public.
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Rostom
Chkheidze is the author of 29 biographical novels, as well as several monographs, essays, plays, and fictional works. A literary critique, he has been a host of cultural programs on
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