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RIFAT KUKAJ 1938 - 2005

Rifat Kukaj
(25 October 1938- September 11, 2005) was a Kosovar Albanian
and the most successful writer in Albanian literature for
children. He was born in Tėrstenik, Drenica region of Kosova.
He was educated in Drenica and Prishtina. He worked for
three years in Drenica as a teacher before moving to work in
Radio Prishtina as an editor for culture, more specifically
the editor of programmes for children. Since 1975 he worked
in the editorial staff of the Publishing House "Rilindja" as
editor for children literature. He died at he age of 67 on
Septermber 11, 2005, in Ulqin, Montenegro.
Rifat Kukaj is best
known for his poems for children. He has published the
following volumes of poems for children. He has also
published many volumes of stories, among others. Rifat Kukaj
has published over fourty books:
Bardhi e Mirushja
"Rrasa e zogut"
"Shkrepi i diellit"
"Lepuri me pesė kėmbė"
"Vjollca magjike"
"Zogu i bardhė"
"Kokėrrmeli e pilivesa"
"Gjeli nė kuvertė"
Xhuxhi nga xhuxhishta"
"Gjerdani i blertė"
"Lejlekėt nė luhaja"
"Vallja e kallinjve"
"Deti u bėftė kos"
"Ēka fshin dhelpra me bisht"
"Pshurrani i gjyshit"
"Shtegu i laureshave"
"Trimėritė e karkalecit"
"Zogu i Lasgushit"
"Harmonika"
"Pėrqafimet e njoma"
"Rrėfenjėza"
"Ujku me kamerė"
"Djaloshi i zjarreve"
"Elefanti qė fluturonte"
Arushi piktor
Ēao gjyshe
Dita e xhufkave
Ditė pranvere nė pyll
Dreri me njė bri
Droja
Dy zagarė-kumbarė
Dylbia e kapedanit
Dhelpra vjedh rrush
Ėndrrat e trembura
Fshati i pishės
Fshehtėsia e breshkės
Fustani i qershisė
Gogozheli i Gogozhinės
Gjiri i delfinit
Gjurmė nė lule
Kėmbana
Kėshtjella e dritės
Kokėrmeli e Pilivesa
Kur fle nata
Kush ma mori dorėn
Lepuri meteorolog
Ma jep gishtin e vogėl
Macja nė gjezdi
Majmuni me kurorė mbretėrore
Minaku i pėrhimtė
Miqtė tanė
Nusja
Njeriu qė nuk mund tė vdiste
Njė gaforre defatore
Njė kanjushė nė Krushė
Njė verė pa bukurezėn
Njė xinxare lozonjare
Njėqind psherėtima
Orolinga, torolinga
Pėrmasa
Princi i Krujės
Punė e madhe
Qafa e ujkonjės
Qeni bari
Qershi e djegur
Rrena mė e madhe nė Kosovė
Rreth nesh
Shkurtabiqi mė i madh nė botė
Shoqėria e bukur
Ti njė kokėrr unė njė kokėrr
Troē
Ujėvarė malli
Varri binjak
Vjersha tė zgjedhura
Xhuxhi nė rrezik
ect.
Rifak Kukaj has also translated a
number of books from Slovenian, Serbian and Croatian to
Albanian.
He was the winner of a great number of
awards and prizes for literature, among which:
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"Ismajl Qemajl Vlora" Vlorė, Albania
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"Oton Zhupaniēiē" Ljubljana, Slovenia
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"Ivan Goran Kovaēiq" Zagreb, Croatia
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"Neven" Belgrade, Serbia
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"Zmaj" Novi Sad, Vojvodina
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"Shpėrblimi i dhjetorit", - Prishtinė,
Kosova.
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"Shpėrblimi i nėntorit" - Prishtinė,
Kosova.
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"Ganimete Tėrbeshi" -. Prishtinė,
Kosova.
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