Mari Bekauri, born on 8 January 1990 in Tbilisi, Georgia. She graduated from Tbilisi State University with a specialization in psychology. She actively appeared in the literary arena in 2009 when her story "Sisters" was published. Following this, she was published in various literary publications.
At the 2009 "autumn Legend" competition her short story "The Laundry Blues" was esteemed by the Tbilisi City Hall committee. In The same competition in 2010, she was nominated the "Jury's Favourite" for the short story "Walls". She won the first prizes in the "Crane" 2010 literary competition and in the 2011 "Fresh Grass" literary festival. In 2012, the short story "Sisters" was included into the "Anthology of Georgian Prose" published in the U.S. u
