Ornela Vorpsi

Ornela Vorpsi
Born	(1968-08-03) 3 August 1968 (age 57) Tirana, PR Albania
Alma mater	Academy of Fine Arts of Brera
Occupation(s)	Writer, photographer
Family	Vorpsi family
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Ornela Vorpsi (born 3 August 1968, Tirana), is an Albanian writer and photographer from the Vorpsi family in Tirana. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Ornela studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, ^[4] and has been living and working in Paris since 1997. ^[5] An excerpt of her novel The Country Where One Never Dies was included in Best European Fiction 2010, edited by Aleksander Hemon and prefaced by Zadie Smith. ^[6]

Novels

• 2001 – Nothing Obvious ^{[7] [8]}
• 2003 – The Country Where One Never Dies ^{[9] [10] [4]}
• 2006 – Pink Glass
• 2007 – The hand that does not bite
• 2010 – Drink Cocoa van Houten! ^[8]
• 2012 – Fuorimondo ^[11]
• 2015 – Travel Around the Mother

References

1. AlĂš, G.; Pedri, N. (2015). Enlightening Encounters: Photography in Italian Literature. Toronto Italian Studies. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-1-4426-4807-4 . Retrieved 28 April 2016.
2. "Vorpsi prend corps". Libération.fr. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
3. SAVIGNEAU, JOSYANE. "Ornela Vorpsi : éclats de mémoire d'une exilée". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN   1950-6244 . Retrieved 13 April 2016.
4. "Ornela Vorpsi: me, Albania and the 'whoring of the human race'". Cafebabel. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
5. GazetaExpress. "Ornela Vorpsi: "Nuk dua të kthehem më kurrë në Shqipëri"". gazetaexpress.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
6. "Best European Fiction 2010" . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
7. Vorpsi, Ornela (2001). Nothing obvious. Zurich New York New York City: Scalo Distributed in North America by D.A.P. ISBN   3-908247-32-2.
8. "Kosovo 2.0 – Ornela Vorpsi: Creativity is her home". kosovotwopointzero.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
9. Jeff Waxman. "Ornela Vorpsi's "The Country Where No One Ever Dies"". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
10. Vorpsi, Ornela (2009). The country where no one ever dies. Champaign Ill: Dalkey Archive Press. ISBN   978-1-56478-568-8.
11. Vorpsi, Ornela (2012). Fuorimondo : storia di una ragazza di oggi (in Italian). Torino: Einaudi. ISBN   978-88-06-21015-1.