Ledia DUSHI
BIOGRAPHY
Ledia Dushi was born in 1978 in the northern Albanian town
of Shkodra. She studied Albanian language and literature and
worked both as a journalist and in municipal government, where
she was responsible for culture.
Her well-received verse is written primarily in the dialect
of Shkodra. It has been published in the volumes: Ave Maria
bahet lot (Ave Maria Turns to Tears), Tirana 1997; Seancë
dimnash (Session of Winters), Shkodra 1999; and Askush
nuk vdes për mue (No One Dies for Me), Tetova 2003.
A volume of her verse has also appeared in Italian, Tempo
di pioggia (Rainy Weather), Prishtina 2000. |
Albanian Literature in Translation
Modern
Authors from Albania (late 20th - 21st centuries)
