Anthology of wounds - Arct

URAN BUTKAAnthology of WoundsUran Butka was born in a patrioticfamily. His father committedsuicide during the SecondWorld War, because of the desperationand pain he received fromthe war among Albanians. Heappealed for the interruption of thecivil war (between the communistand nationalist forces).After graduation in languageand literature, Uran worked as a teacher for several years.He was fired from his job for political reasons and to survivehe was forced to work hard physical jobs. In 1975,the Interment Commission deported him and his familyfrom Tirana to Tropoja and then to Martanesh.He was one of the first involved in the democraticmovements of 1990, aiming to overthrow the Communistdictatorship.He is one of the leaders and founders of the NationalAssociation of the Formerly Politically Persecuted of Albania.He has also been elected to serve as a memberof parliament, also severing as the chairman of the commissionof valuation of the national figures and rehabilitationof the dictatorship communist victims, and has directedthe movement for national reconciliation and theintegration of the politically persecuted.There are several historic and literary books publishedby him, of which we can mention “Nation Genie,” “Mukja- unity chance,” “The return of Mit’hat Frasheri,” “SafetButka” and “The White Death.”214