Besnik MUSTAFAJ
BIOGRAPHY
Besnik Mustafaj (b. 1958) was born in Bajram Curri, in the
Tropoja region of the northern Albanian mountains. He studied
French at the University of Tirana and, after the collapse of
the communist dictatorship, was seconded as Albanian Ambassador
to France. Active not only as a writer, but also in political
life, he was appointed Foreign Minister of the Republic of Albania
in the autumn of 2005.
Besnik Mustafaj is both a prose writer and poet. His poetry
has appeared in the collections: Motive të gëzuara
(Merry motifs), Tirana 1978; Fytyrë burri (Face of
a man), Tirana 1987; and Legjenda e lindjes sime (The
legend of my birth), Tirana 1998, 2005. Among his main prose
volumes are: Vera pa kthim (The summer of no return),
Tirana 1989; Gjinkallat e vapës (The cicadas of the
heat), Tirana 1994; Një sagë e vogël (A
little saga), Tirana 1995; Daullja prej letre (The paper
drum), Tirana 1996; and Boshti (The void), Tirana 1998.
Mustafaj is also the author of essays and studies such as: Fletorja
reservat: shënime jashtë valixhes diplomatike (The
reserved notebook: notes from a diplomatic briefcase), Prishtina
1995; and Midis krimeve dhe mirazheve: esse (Between crimes
and mirages: essays), Tirana 1999. His prose works have been
translated into French, German and Bulgarian. |
Albanian Literature in Translation
Modern
Authors from Albania (late 20th - 21st centuries)
