Mehmet Kraja
Mehmet Kraja (1952) is an Albanian writer, literary critic and journalist. He is the current president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.[1]
He was born on 27 June 1952, in Kostanjica (Kështenjë) in Bar Municipality (Kraja region) in present-day Montenegro. He studied Albanian language and literature at the University of Pristina.[1] In 1992-1999, he lived in Tirana as representative of the then unrecognized internationally government of Kosovo and as editor of the newspaper Rilindja.[2] He has written twelve novels, four collections of short stories, ten theatrical plays and five non-fiction works.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mehmet Kraja". Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. p. 164. ISBN 0810874830.
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