Fatos Lubonja (born 1951) is an Albanian writer and dissident. [1]
Fatos Lubonja (born 1951) is an Albanian writer and dissident. [1]
Lubonja was born in 1951. He attended the University of Tirana for his education. Lubonja was in jail from 1972 to 1991 as a political prsioner. [1] He suffered a nervous breakdown while serving his sentence.[ citation needed ]
He is an outspoken critic of Albanian socio-political factors, i.e. right-wing leader Sali Berisha, Socialist Party leader Edi Rama, former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj, the Red and Black Alliance, and Ismail Kadare. Lubonja works for Përpjekja (Endeavour), which was founded by him in 1994. [2] [3]
Lubonja received the SEEMO Award for Mutual Cooperation in South East Europe in 2004. [4] He wrote about communism with The Last Massacre .[ citation needed ] His book "False Apocalypse" was translated into English and published in London by Istros Books in 2014.[ citation needed ]
Alfred Spiro Moisiu is a former Albanian military general, diplomat and politician. He was the president of Albania from 2002 to 2007. He is the oldest son of Albanian Army general Spiro Moisiu.
This is a list of lists of historical and living Albanians who are famous or notable, sorted by occupation and alphabetically.
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The Prishtina Albanological Seminar also known as the Seminar on Albanian Culture for Foreigners is an annual seminar that takes place in Prishtina, Kosovo. It was founded in 1974 within the Faculty of Philology at the University of Prishtina. The seminar is primarily organized for researchers and students interested in the Albanian language, literary works, and culture, as well as Albanology in general. The event has successfully attracted numerous Albanologists and scholars from around the globe who share a deep interest in Albanian language and culture. In recent years, this organization is named the International Seminar for the Albanian Language, Literature, and Culture.
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