Nugesha Gagnidze is a professor of the Department of German Philology at Akaki Tsereteli State University. She completed full academic course of Kutaisi Al. Tsulukidze Institute of Pedagogy majoring in History and Foreign Language. She defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Sentimentalism and Goethe’s Novel The Sorrows of Young Werther at Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Nugesha Gagnidze teaches the history of Western European and German literature at Akaki Tsereteli State University. Her scholarly interests focus on German Enlightenment, Nietzsche and 20th century German authors.
Nugesha Gagnidze is an author of two books (The Reception of Goethe in Nietzsche’s Writings and Grigol Robakidze: Life in Two Worlds), a textbook (Studies in German Literature after World War II). She has published over 80 scholarly articles and co-authored two books (1. Nugescha Gagnidse, Margret Schuchard, Grigol Robakidse (1880-1962). Ein georgischer Dichter zwischen zwei Sprachen und Kulturen; 2. Nugescha Gagnidse, Natia Nassaridze, Irine Schischinaschwili. Einführung in die georgische Literatur des Kritischen Realismus). Her works are published in Georgian, German and English languages by Georgian, German, British, Italian, Romanian, Polish and Armenian publishers. Her monographs and articles are concerned with German as well as Georgian authors; they deal with German and Georgian heroic epic poetry, German-Georgian historical, cultural and literary relations. She has translated Nietzsche, Bachmann, Veinheber, Celan, Grass and Robakidze from German into Georgian.
Nugesha Gagnidze is a member of: Goethe Society in Kutaisi and Weimar; Thomas Mann Society in Dusseldorf; Georgian Comparative Literature Association; International Association of the Teachers of German; alumna of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the University of Gottingen.
On July 29, 2022 Nugesha Gagnidze was awarded Grigol Kiknadze Prize for her book Grigol Robakidze: Life in Two Worlds. On September 21, 2022 she earned the prestigious Saba Literary Critique of the Year honours for the same work out of four nominated selections.