Dritëro Agolli
Dritëro Agolli (13 October 1931 – 3 February 2017) was an Albanian poet, writer, and politician. He was the former president of the defunct Albanian League of Writers and Artists.[1]
Dritëro Agolli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 October 1931 Menkulas, Devoll, Albania |
| Died | 3 February 2017 (aged 85) Tirana, Albania |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Period | 1958–2017 |
| Literary movement | Socialist realism, Postmodern literature |
Early life
Agolli was born in Devoll, Albania. He studied in Leningrad in the Soviet Union.
Career
Agolli wrote primarily poetry, but also short stories, essays, plays, and novels. He was head of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists from the purge of Fadil Paçrami and Todi Lubonja at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Albanian Party of Labour from 1973 until 1992.[2]
Death
Agolli died on 3 February 2017 in Tirana, Albania from lung disease, aged 85.[3]
Dritëro Agolli Media
Ismail Kadare doing a public reading from one of his books. Zurich, Switzerland, Autumn 2002.
References
- ↑ "Dritëro Agolli | WHA". Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
- ↑ Segel, Harold B. (2008). The Columbia Literary History of Eastern Europe Since 1945. Columbia University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-231-50804-9.
- ↑ "Albanian writer Dritero Agolli dies at 85". Global Times. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.