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DIN MEHMETI 1929
CURRICULUM
VITAE
 DIN MEHMETI
PERSONAL DATA:
Name and surname: Din Mehmeti
Date of birth: 7 May 1929
Place of birth: Gjocaj, Kosovo
Marital status:
Tel: +377 44 246 741
E_mail: liberpoet@yahoo.com
EDUCATION:
Faculty of Philology, Belgrade
QUALIFICATIONS:
Master of Literature – University of Prishtina, 1976
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
1952-1954: School Inspector in Lipjan
1959-1962: Journalist for the daily “Rilindja”, Prishtina
1962-1967: Professor (Teaching School and Gymnasium),
Gjakova
1967: Professor of literature at the Superior Pedagogical
School “Bajram Currri” and Faculty of Education in Gjakova
PUBLICATIONS:
“Të resë sonë” (To Our New Life), Prishtina, 1949
“Në krahët e shkrepave” (On the Wings of Cliffs), Prishtina,
1961
“Rini diellore” (Sunny Youth), Prishtina, 1965
“Dridhjet e dritës” (Shivers of Light), Prishtina, 1969
“Heshtja e kallur” (A Burning Silence), Prishtina, 1972
“Ora” (Hour), Prishtina, 1974
“Ikje nga vdekja” (Escape from Death), Prishtina, 1978
“Fanar në fortune” (A Lantern in the Storm), Prishtina, 1981
“Zogu i diellit” (A Bird of Sun), Prishtina, 1982
“Agu” (Dawn), Prishtina, 1982
“Poezi” (Poetry), Prishtina, 1985
“Fatin tim nuk e nënshkruaj” (I Won’t Sign my Destiny),
Prishtina, 1984
“As në tokë as në qiell” (Hovering between Earth and Sky),
Prishtina, 1988
“Gjaku që këndon” (The Singing Blood), Prishtina, 1993
“Prapë fillimi” (The Beginning Again), Prishtina, 1996
“Lumturia është mashtrim” (Happiness is Deceiving),
Prishtina, 1999
“Mos vdis kur vdiset” (Don’t Die at a Dying Time), Prishtina,
2001
“Verbim i bardhë” (White Blinding), Prishtina, 2004
“Mallkim i gjakut” (The Curse of Blood), Tirana, 1973
“Poezi” (Poetry), Tirana, 1985
“Klithmë është emri im” (My Name is a Cry), Tirana, 2002
“Antologji personale” (Personal Anthology), Tirana, 2004
“Pesme” (Poems), Belgrade, 1976
“Erdhi koha” (Ilest tomps), Paris, 2006
INCLUDED IN NUMEROUS ANTHOLOGIES:
“Degë e pikëlluar” (A Sad Branch – in German), 1978
“Degë e pikëlluar”(A Sad Branch – in French), 1979
“Degë e pikëlluar” (A Sad Branch – in English)
“Antologji e gjuhës shqipe” (An Albanian Language Anthology,
- in Arabic), Kuwait
“Slap o soneu” Antologija Albancev v SRFJ (in Slovenian),
1979
“Këngë e hapur” (An Open Song), Prishtina, 2005
“Poeti albanesi in Jugoslavia”, Rijeka, 1979
“La parole rinato”, Prishtina, 1970
“Shtigjet e qëndresës”-“Stazama otpora” (Tracks of
Resistance), Prishtina, 1961
“Për ty” (For You), Tirana, 1969
“Antologji e lirikës shqipe” (An Anthology of Albanian
Lyrics), Prishtina, 1970
“E di një fjalë prej guri” (I Know a Word of Stone), Tirana,
1969
“Antologjia e poezisë së sotme shqipe në Jugoslavi” (An
Anthology of Present-day Albanian Poetry in Yugoslavia),
Skopje, 1977
“Iz savremene albanske poezije”, Sarajevo, 1985
“Poesia del Kosovo” (in Italian), 1999
“Antologjia e poezisë shqipe e shek.XX” (An Anthology of
Albanian Poetry in the 20th Century), Amsterdam, 2000
“A Split Stone” (in English), 2006
“Antologii poezji albanskiej XX wieku”, Sejny, 2005
“Antologjia e poezisë shqipe” (An Anthology of Albanian
Poetry), Tetova, 2000
“Fjalë prej zjarri Kosovë” (A Word of Stone), Tirana, 1999
“Antologjia e poezisë shqipe: “Shqipet dhe mallet” (Eagles
and Longing) in Swedish, 199..
“Voix albanaises dans la nuit”, 1999
“Sytë që shkrepin dashni” (Eyes Shining with Love), “Jeta e
Re”, Prishtina, 1959
“”Një gur i çarë” (A Split Stone – an anthology), Prishtina,
2005
“7 shkrimtarë” (Seven Authors), Prishtina, 2005
“Anthology of Modern Albanian Poetry”, London, 1993
“Lule për Nënën” (Flowers for Mother),
“Literatur und kritik”, (Review), 1991
“Literatur und kritik”, (Review) 1992, etc.
MEMBERSHIP:
Kosova Writers’ Association
Kosova PEN Center
“Gjon Nikollë Kazazi” Club
Honorary Member of Pan-National event “Naim’s Days”, Tetova.
LITERARY PRIZES AND AWARDS:
1972 – December Award for the book: “The Burning Silence”
1978 – Kosova Awriters’ Association Award for the book
“Escaping from Oneself”
1984 – Rilindja and Poetry Meeting Prize for the book “I
Won’t Sign my Destiny”
2005 – National Award “Azem Shkreli” for life-long
achievement
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