Tamar Injia



Tamar Injia (born on May 16, 1945) is a Georgian author and researcher, who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1974, Tamar Injia completed her MA in Georgian Philology at Tbilisi State University, and in 1968, she obtained her PhD in the same field from the same University. Since then, Injia has been working as a professor at the various public and private higher education institutions (Tbilisi State University, David Aghmashenebeli University of Georgia) in her home country of Georgia. She has been editor of various local publications and periodic and has been an expert and evaluator of project proposals for Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation. Tamar Injia specializes in the works of such prominent Georgian writers as Grigol Robakidze and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, and is an author of number of researches and publications. Injia is best known as the author of Ali and Nino – Literary Robbery!

Ali and Nino – Literary Robbery!
In her book Ali and Nino – Literary Robbery!, Tamar Injia claims that Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said (Austria, 1937) is extensively plagiarized from, and owes much of its existence to, The Snake’s Skin by Grigol Robakidze (Germany, 1928). By comparing extracts from both novels (35 comprehensive extracts), the author argues that quotes from Ali and Nino: A Love Story are the copies of the corresponding quotes from the The Snake’s Skin. Additionally, by analyzing the literal parallels in both novels, the author shows “side-by-side” similarities in content, namely repeated stories, myths, legends, characters and plot structures.

Injia’s research findings were first published in a series of articles in the Georgian newspaper Our Literature (2003) and later printed as books Grigol Robakidze… Kurban Said – Literary Robbery (2005) in Georgian and Ali and Nino – Literary Robbery! (2009) in English.

The findings of professor Injia were supported and shared by the representatives from various literary circles, scholars and researchers from Georgia and the US: Gia Papuashvili – documentary movie producer and philologist; Levan Begadze – German linguist, Georgian literary critic and philologist; Zaza Alexidze – former Director of the Georgian National Center of Manuscripts, and discoverer and decipherer of the Caucasian Albanian written script; Betty Blair – researcher of authorship of Ali and Nino: A Love Story and founding editor of magazine Azerbaijan International.

Main works

 * Grigol Robakidze – Victim of Literary Robbery, International Scientific Conference dedicated to Robakidze’s 130 Anniversary (abstracts). Grigol Robakidze University Press (2010, Georgia)
 * Ali and Nino – Literary Robbery! IM Books (2009, USA)
 * Language and Style of "Didostatis Marjvena" by K.Gamsakhurdia. I.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Press (2005, Georgia)
 * Grigol Robakidze… Kurban Said – Literary Robbery! Meridiani Publishing (2005, Georgia)
 * Inversion of noun-verb, way of violating fixed form in the language of G.Robakidze. Kartuli Ena Publishing (2004, Georgia)
 * Style value of nominative sentence in the language of G.Robakidze. Kartuli Ena Publishing (2001, Georgia)
 * Unexpected literary (fiction) function in G.Robakidze Language. Metsniereba Publishing (2000, Georgia)
 * Isolated definer, one type of fixed form violation in “The Snake’s Skin” of G.Robakidze. Kartuli Ena Publishing (1999, Georgia)
 * About literary function of omitting language signs in “The Snake’s Skin” of G.Robakidze. I.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Press (1996, Georgia)
 * Zum Studium des sprachlichen Phnomens des künstlerischen Textes, Sprachen Europas und Asiens. Veroffentlichung der Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena (1985, Germany)

Web Sites

 * IM Books, publisher of “Ali and Nino – Literary Robbery!”
 * Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation
 * Grigol Robakidze University
 * David Aghmashenebeli University of Georgia in Georgian
 * David Aghmashenebeli University of Georgia in English
 * Georgian National Center of Manuscripts