Gazmend KRASNIQI
BIOGRAPHY
Gazmend Krasniqi (b. 1963) was born and raised in Shkodra,
where he studied art and literature. He has worked for the Shkodra
Art Gallery for several years and is a regular collaborator in
leading literary periodicals. Among his publications are the
poetry volumes: Në kryqin e dashurisë (At the
Crossroads of Love), Shkodra 1995; Skodrinon (Skodrinon), Shkodra
2002; and the anthology Sprovë antologjike (Experimental
Anthology), Tirana 2003; as well as the prose works: Dielli
i natës (The Night Sun), Shkodra 1996; Princesha
këmbëzbathur (The Barefoot Princess), Shkodra 1998;
and Fund i botës, Një verë në Paris
(End of the World, A Summer in Paris). Shkodra 2003. Krasniqi
has also written plays and translated much English literature
into Albanian, authors like W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound
and W. H. Auden. |
Albanian Literature in Translation
Modern
Authors from Albania (late 20th - 21st centuries)
