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of Albania’s archeological past. Apart from his
literary writings, he is widely respected for his
publications on Albanian history, mythology,
and culture.
Among young female writers, the one who
has commanded the most attention in recent
years is Mimoza Ahmeti. In her book Delirium,
1994, she writes openly of feminine desires
and sensual delights. The boldness and rhythm
of her style have attracted a large number of
young readers in tune with Western values.
Gjeke Marinaj attained sudden notoriety in
Albania when he published an allegorical anti-
Communist poem titled Kuajt (“Horses”).
To evade arrest, he fled his native country,
eventually migrating to America, where he has
since published a number of books, among them
Infinit (“Infinite”), 2000; and Lutje në ditën
e tetë të javës (“Prayer on the Eighth Day of
the Week”), 2008. He has also translated into
Albanian works of American authors Rainer
Schulte and Frederick Turner. A writer of
notable prose and poetry, Agron Tufa has taught
literature at the University of Tiranë. He is the
author of the novels Dueli (“The Duel”), 2002;
and Fabula rasa, 2004. Moreover, he is one
of the leading translators of Russian literature,
including works of Anna Akhmatova, Boris
Pasternak, Vladimir Nabokov, and others.
Albanian literature has traditionally been
written in the two main Albanian dialects: Gheg
(Geg) in the north and Tosk in the south. In
1972, however, a Congress of Orthography held
in Tiranë, Albania, formulated rules for a unified
literary language based on the two dialects.
Since then, most authors have employed the
new literary idiom. v
[Reprinted and expanded with permission
from Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2008, by
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