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 MEHMET
KRAJA 1952
CURRICULUM VITAE
MEHMET KRAJA
PERSONAL DATA:
Name: Mehmet Kraja
Date of birth: 1952
Place of birth: Kraja, near Scodra Lake
Address: Ulpiana E-31/II, nr.3 Prishtina
Tel: +381 38 566927; +377 44 220523
E-mail : kraja@hotmail.com
EDUCATION:
Middle school in Ulqin
18741: B.A., Teacher of Albanian Literature and Language,
Faculty of Philosophy, Prishtina
WORKING EXPERIENCE
1974-76; Chief Editor of “Bota e re” (New World) students
review
1974-1992: Editor of Culture and journalist of “Rilindja”
newspaper in Prishtina
1992-99; Editor of Culture and journalist of “Rilindja”
newspaper in Tirana, Albania
1999: Editor of Culture of “Zëri” daily newspaper
2000 – to date: Editor of cultural supplement in “Koha
ditore” (Daily Times). 2002 – to date: Lecturer od film
scenario subject at Arts Faculty in Prishtina
PUBLICATIONS:
Novels:
“Footprint in the pavement”, 1978 , Prishtina
“The portal of insulted Gods”, 1980, Prishtina
“The great year”, 1981, Prishtina
“Instruction for crossing the sea”, 1984, Prishtina, 1987,
Tirana, Albania
“The sicness of dreams”, 1987, Prishtina
“Byzantium nights”, 1990, Prishtina
“The wall of mist”, 1998, Tirana
Books of short stories
“The lights of midnight”, 1974, Prishtina
“The death without name”, 1995, Tirana, Albania, 1996,
Prishtina
“The doors of the the heaven”, 1996, Tirana, 1997, Prishtina
“Twenty stories for the past time”, 2001, Prishtinë
Dramas:
“Three drama, 1987, Prishtina
“Five ideas for the stage playin”, 1999, Tirana
Critical and journalism reviews:
“Accompaniments”, 1997, Prishtina
“Lost years”, 1995, Tirana, 2003, Prishtina
“See you again in an other struggle”, 2003, Prishtina
LITERARY PRIZES AND AWARDS:
The best book of the year for “Moti i Madh” (The great
year), 1981, Prishtina from the Writers Association of
Kosova
“Hivzi
Sulejmani” prize for the best prose to “Vdekja pa emër” (The
death without name), 1995, Prishtina
The prize of “Toena” Publishing House for the best prose
among the 500 titles edited from this house to “Muri i
mjegullës” (The wall of mist), 1998, Tirana
The "Velia" Culturalö Foundation prize for the best work
published during 1999 to “Muri i mjegullës” (The wall of
mist),
“Pjetër Bogdani” prize for “Njëzet tregime për kohën e
shkuar” (Twenty stories for the past time), 2001, Prishtinë,
from the Writers Union of Kosova
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