Mehmet Kraja

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Mehmet Kraja (born June 27, 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mehmet Kraja". Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. Archived from the original on 2015-10-13.
  2. Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. p. 164. ISBN   0810874830.