Romeo ÇOLLAKU
BIOGRAPHY
Romeo Çollaku (b. 1973), was born in the southern port
town of Saranda, across from the island of Corfu in neighbouring
Greece. He studied Albanian language and literature at the University
of Gjirokastra and now lives in Athens, Greece.
Çollaku is an author of Albanian verse of high linguistic
finesse, which has appeared in three collections: Zemër
virgjine (Virgin Heart), Tirana 1993; Gjithë diell
e natë (All Sun and Night), Tirana 2003; and Kumbaraja
e kohes (The Piggy Bank of Time), Tirana 2004. He has also
published the novel Varrezat e vendlindjes (Hometown Cemetery),
Tirana 2002, and Albanian translations of the poets Yannis Ritsos,
Jorgos Seferis, Paul Verlaine and Stephane Mallarmé. |
Albanian Literature in Translation
Modern
Authors from Albania (late 20th - 21st centuries)
