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Mehmet Kraja

Mehmet Kraja

Albanian writer, literary critic and journalist

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]

References

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



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