Luljeta LLESHANAKU
BIOGRAPHY
Luljeta Lleshanaku (b. 1968) was born in Elbasan and is the
author of four poetry collections. She was educated in literature
at the University of Tirana and was editor-in-chief of the weekly
magazine Zëri i rinisë (The voice of youth).
She then worked for the literary newspaper Drita. In 1996,
she received the best book of the year award from the Eurorilindja
Publishing House. In 1999, she took part in the International
Writers Program at the University of Iowa. A volume of her verse
has appeared in English, entitled Fresco (New York: New
Directions 2002), translated by Henry Israeli, et al. |
Albanian Literature in Translation
Modern
Authors from Albania (late 20th - 21st centuries)
