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Leo Vardiashvili
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Leo Vardiashvili

How to pronounce Leo Vardiashvili: var-de-esh-VILL-ee

Leo Vardiashvili Biography

Leo Vardiashvili was born and raised in Tbilisi, Georgia. When he was twelve, he and his family fled Georgia's post-Soviet regime for asylum in England. He studied English literature at Queen Mary University of London.



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    If you enjoyed:
    Hard by a Great Forest

    Try:
    Girl at War
    by Sara Novic

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    Michael Ondaatje

    Michael Ondaatje is the author of six previous novels, a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. The English Patient won the Booker Prize; Anil's Ghost won the Irish Times ... (more)

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    Warlight
    by Michael Ondaatje

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