Kristaq Rama

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Kristaq Rama
Born1932
Durrës, Albania
Died30 July 1998 (aged 65–66)
Tirana, Albania
Known forSculpture
Signature
Kristaq Rama (nënshkrim).svg
Mother Albania. The partisan monument and graveyard on the outskirts of Tirana, Albania.

Kristaq Rama (1932 – 30 July 1998) was an Albanian sculptor, art educator and a member of the Communist Party in Albania under Enver Hoxha's rule.

Early life and education[]

He was born in Durrës.

Rama graduated from the Artistic Lyceum "Jordan Misja", in the Department of Fine Arts in 1951, and three years later left Albania to study in Leningrad, Soviet Union.

Career[]

After graduation, he returned to Albania, where he worked in Tirana, primarily as superintendent of fine arts at the Albanian Ministry of Culture, and at the same time taught as an external lecturer at the .

Works[]

As a sculptor, Rama created several busts of warriors, people portraits, female sculptures, as well as other decorations.

Implication with communist dictatorship crimes[]

In August 1988, Rama signed – along with Ramiz Alia and others[1][2] – documents for the death penalty of poet Havzi Nela by hanging.[3][4][5][6][7] Other documents show that Rama signed for the death penalty for , a 29-year-old from Dibra.[8]

Personal life[]

He is the father of Edi Rama, president of the Socialist Party of Albania and Prime Minister of Albania, also several times former mayor of Tirana city.[9]

Rama died on July 30, 1998, aged 66, after suffering a heart attack in his hometown of Tirana.

See also[]

  • Art of Albania
  • List of Albanians
  • List of sculptors

References[]

  1. ^ [dead link] Death sentence document Archived 14 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Havzi Nela death penalty (in Albanian).
  3. ^ Varja e Havzi Nelës, zbardhet vendimi dhe firma e Kristaq Ramës (in Albanian).
  4. ^ 1988-Kristaq Rama firmosi vendimin me vdekje në litar për Havzi Nelën (in Albanian).
  5. ^ Dënimi i krimeve të komunizmit, guri në qafën e politikës në Shqipëri (in Albanian).
  6. ^ Poeti disident Havzi Nela... Archived 7 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Albanian).
  7. ^ Ja si Kristaq Rama vendosi për varjen në litar të poetit Havzi Nela (in Albanian).
  8. ^ Kristaq Rama, firmë për ekzekutimin e të riut nga Dibra Archived 31 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Albanian).
  9. ^ Socialist Party of Albania Leadership Archived 6 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
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