Teki Dervishi
Encyclopedia
Teki Dervishi is an ethnic-Albanian
poet
, novel
ist and playwright
, born in 1943 in Đakovica, at the time part of Axis
-occupied Albania
(now in Kosovo
).
Verse:
Theatre plays:
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
poet
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, born in 1943 in Đakovica, at the time part of Axis
Axis Powers
The Axis powers , also known as the Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries, or just the Axis, was an alignment of great powers during the mid-20th century that fought World War II against the Allies. It began in 1936 with treaties of friendship between Germany and Italy and between Germany and...
-occupied Albania
Albania under Italy
The Albanian Kingdom existed as a protectorate of the Kingdom of Italy. It was practically a union between Italy and Albania, officially led by Italy's King Victor Emmanuel III and its government: Albania was led by Italian governors, after being militarily occupied by Italy, from 1939 until 1943...
(now in Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
).
Works
Novels:- Pirgu i Lartë (The High Tower), 1972
- Padrona, 1973
- Skedarët (The Catalogues), 1974
- Herezia e Dervish Mallutës (The Heresy of Dervish Malluta), 1981
- Palimpsest për Dush Kusarin (Palimpsest For Dush Kusari), 1993
Verse:
- Nimfa (The Nymph), 1970
- Shtëpia e Sëmurë (The Sick House), 1978
- Thashë (I Said), 1981
Theatre plays:
- Pranvera e Librave (The Springtime of Books), 1990
- Zhvarrimi i Pjetër Bogdanit (The Exhumation of Pjetër Bogdani), 1990
- Kufiri me atdhe (The Border with the Fatherland), 1996
- Vojceku (Wozzeck), 1996