 Salia akaberekwa musi waJuly 18, 1901, kuMingrelia, kumadokero kweGeorgia. Akadzidza paZugdidi neKhashuri asati anyoresa kuYunivhesiti yeTbilisi muna 1920. Pashure pokutora Georgia neSovietMuna 1921, akaenda kuGermany kwaakadzidza paInstitute of German Language, University of Berlin. Akatamira kuFrance muna 1924 uye akapedza kudzidza paYunivhesiti yeParis muna 1927. Muna 1948, pamwe chete nemudzimai wake Nino Salia, akatanga uye akagadzirisa magazini inonzi Bedi Kartlisa yakatsaurirwa kuKartvelian zvidzidzo. Akabudisa mabhuku akawanda anotaura nezvenhoroondo yeGeorgia nemabhuku ayo uye akanyorawo nyaya dzine chokuita neGeorgia mumaencyclopedia ekune dzimwe nyika. Basa rake ra1980 Histoire de la nation géorgienne rakashandurwa muChirungu se History of the Georgian Nation muna 1983 rakapihwa mubairo weFrench Academy of Sciences. 