Azem Shkreli (Albanian pronunciation: [a'ʒɛm 'ʃkɾɛli]; Serbo-Croatian: Азем Шкрељи, Azem Škrelji; 10 February 1938 – 27 May 1997) was a Yugoslavian writer, poet, director and producer of Albanian ethnicity.[1] He was head of the Kosovo Writers' Association, president of the Association of Writers of Yugoslavia, manager of the National Theatre of Kosovo (then People`s Provincial Theatre) in Pristina and founder and manager of Kosovafilm, a film production, distribution and screening company.[2]
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Born | Peć, Yugoslavia | February 10, 1938
Died | May 27, 1997 Pristina, Republic of Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | (aged 59)
Occupation | Poet, literary critic |
Nationality | Yugoslavian |
Notable works | The White Caravan 1961 I Know a Word of Stone 1969 |
Biography
editAzem Shkreli was born on February 10, 1938, in Peć, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Kosovo). He lost his mother when he was two years old, and was brought up by his grandmother, who also died when he was a young boy. He went to elementary school in his hometown, and in Pristina, he attended high school and graduated in 1961, and then went to the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pristina, to study in the Department of Albanian Language and Literature Studies, from which he graduated in 1965. As a student, he began writing for the daily newspaper Rilindja and served as head of the Kosovo Writers' Association. He worked as director of the National Theatre of Kosovo (then People's Provincial Theatre) from 1960 to 1975 and in 1975 he became founder and director of Kosovafilm, a film production, distribution and screening company – a post he held until he was expelled by the new Serb administration in 1991.[3]
He was the president of the Association of Writers of Yugoslavia between 1982 and 1983.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck - Azem Shkreli. Blood of the quill". Archived from the original on 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Kosovo". SeeCinema. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "The PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) Blog: Azem Shkreli". The PIP. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Скупштина савеза књижевника". Borba. 17 December 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
External links
editAzem Shkreli at IMDb