Leo Kiacheli () (born Leon Shengelaia; February 19, 1884 – December 19, 1963) was a Soviet and Georgian writer. He is noted for the novels Gvadi Bigva, Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya), Almasgir Kibulan, and Haki Adzba. Major works Novels and novellas Tariel Golua (1916) Almazgir Kibulan (1925) Blood (1926—1927) Tavadis Kali Maya (Princess Maya) (1927) Haki Adzba (1933) Gvadi Bigva (1936—1937) Man of Mountain (1948) References 1884 births 1963 deaths 20th-century pseudonymous writers 20th-century writers from Georgia (country) People from Kutais Governorate People from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Pseudonymous writers Socialist realism writers Male writers from Georgia (country) Soviet male writers Burials at Mtatsminda Pantheon