A Brief History of Albanian Literature

by Piero Scaruffi (E-mail)
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Pjeter Bogdani (163#): "Cuneus Prophetarum/ The Band of the Prophets" (1685) [h]
Nezim Frakulla (168#): "Divan" (17##) [p]
Giulio Variboba (Albania, 1724): "Ghiella e Shen Meriis Virghier/ The Life of the Virgin Mary" (1762) [p]
Naim Frasheri (Albania, 1846): "Bageti e Bujqesija" (1886) [p]
Ndre Mjeda (Albania, 1866): "Juvenilia" (1917) [p]
Gjergj Fishta (Albania, 1871): "Lahuta e Malcˇs/ The Highland Lute" (1937) [p] +
Aleks Stavre Drenova "Asdreni" (1872): "Psallme Murgu/ Psalms of a Monk" (1930) [p]
Lasgush Poradeci (Albania, 1899): "Vallja e Yjve/ The Dance of the Stars" (1935) [p]
Lasgush Poradeci (Albania, 1899): "Ylli i Zemres/ The Star of the Heart" (1937) [p]
Ernest Koliqi (Albania, 1903): "Hija e Maleve/ Spirit of the Mountains" (1929)
Dhimiter Pasko "Mitrush Kuteli" (Albania, 1907): "Ylli i Zemres/ The Star of the Heart" (1937) [p] +
Gjergj Nikolla Millosh "Migjeni" (1911): "Vargjet e Lira/ Free Verse" (1935) [p] +
Sterjo Spasse (Albania, 1914): "Nga Jeta ne Jete/ From Life To Life" (1935)
Esad Mekuli (Albania, 1916): "Per Ty" (1955) [p]
Martin Camaj (Albania, 1925): "Legjenda" (1964) [p]
Kasem Trebeshina (Albania, 1926): "Stina e Stineve/ The Season of Seasons" (1991)
Dritero Agolli (Albania, 1931): "Devoll" (1964) [p]
Din Mehmeti (Albania, 1932): "Poems" (1999) [p]
Ismail Kadare (Albania, 1936): "Gjenerali i Ushtrise Se Vdekur/ The General of the Dead Army" (1963) ++
Ismail Kadare (Albania, 1936): "Dasma/ The Wedding" (1968)
Ismail Kadare (Albania, 1936): "Keshtjella/ The Castle" (1970)
Ismail Kadare (Albania, 1936): "Kronik' n' Gur/ Chronicle in Stone" (1971) +
Ismail Kadare (Albania, 1936): "Ura me Tri Harqe/ The Three-Arched The Bridge" (1978) +
Ismail Kadare (Albania, 1936): "Prilli i Thyer/ Broken April" (1978)
Ismail Kadare (Albania, 1936): "Nenpunesi i Pallatit Te Endrrave/ The Palace of Dreams" (1981)
Ismail Kadare (Albania, 1936): "Koncert Ne Fund Te Dimrit/ The Concert" (1988)
Rrahman Dedaj (Albania, 1939): "Simfonia e Fjales/ Word Symphony" (1968) [p]
Ali Podrimja (Albania, 1942): "Lum Lumi" (1982) [p] +
Fatos Kongoli (Albania, 1944): "I Humburi/ Loser" (1992) +
Fatos Kongoli (Albania, 1944): "Kufoma/ Corpse" (1994)
Fatos Kongoli (Albania, 1944): "Dragoi i Fildishte/ Ivory Dragon" (1999)
Xhevahir Spahiu (Albania, 1945): "Zgjimi i Thellesive/ Awakening of the Depths" (1979) [p]
Agim Vinca (Albania, 1947): "Feniksi" (1972) [p]
Eqrem Basha (Albania, 1948): "Udha Qumeshtore" (1986) [p]
Moikom Zeqo (Albania, 1949): "Brenda Vetes/ Inside Oneself" (1974) [p]
Flora Brovina (Albania, 1949): "Mat e Cmat/ With the Tape it Measures" (1995) [p]
Rudolf Marku (Albania, 1950): "Udhetim per ne Vendin e Gjerave Qe Njohim/ Voyage to the Place of Things we Know' (1989) [p]
Visar Zhiti (Albania, 1952): "Rapsodia e Jetes Se Trendafilave/ Rhapsody of the Life of Roses" (1973) [p]
Visar Zhiti (Albania, 1952): "Kujtesa e Ajrit/ The Memory of the Air" [p]
Ridvan Dibra (Albania, 1959): "Nudo" (1995)
Elvira Dones (Albania, 1960): "Yjet nuk vishen keshtu / Stars do not Dress Like That/ Sole Bruciato" (2000)
Mimoza Ahmeti (Albania, 1963): "Delirium" (1994) [p]
Stefan Capaliku (Albania, 1965): "Pese Drama Dhe nje Korn Anglez/ Five Plays and the English Horn" (2003) [t]
Flutura Acka (Albania, 1966): "Tri Vjeshta Larg/ Three Autumns Away" (1993) [p]
Luljeta Lleshanaku (Albania, 1968): "Fresko" (2002) [p]


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