Ridvan Dibra
Appearance
Ridvan Dibra (born 9 January 1959) is an Albanian writer.[1][2] He was born in Shkodër, Albania, where he graduated from university in Albanian Language and Literature and from 1994 started teaching the very same subject there. An innovative writer, Dibra is a leading figure of contemporary Albanian Literature.[3] He has been rewarded with several national and international prizes, including the Rexhai Surroi Prize for best novel of the year in Albanian speaking territories, for his 2012 novel, "Legjenda e vetmisë" (The Legend of Solitude).[4] He is the first postmodern writer in Albania.
Works
[edit]- Nudo ("The Nude") (1995)
- Kurthet e dritës ("Traps of Light") (1997)
- Triumfi i Gjergj Elez Alisë ("The Triumph of Gjergj Elez Alia") (1999)
- Stina e ujkut ("Season of the Wolf") (2000) ISBN 9992741414
- Të lirë dhe të burgosur ("The Free and the Imprisoned") (2001)
- Triumfi i dytë i Gjergj Elez Alisë ("The Second Triumph of Gjergj Elez Alia") (2003) ISBN 9951080057
- Email (2003)
- Kumte dashurie ("Love messages")(2004) ISBN 9992750855
- Sesilja ose sexonix (2005) ISBN 9994377841
- Franc Kafka i shkruan të birit ("Franz Kafka writes to his Son") (2007) ISBN 9994311859
- Stina e maceve ("The Season of the Cats)(2006) ISBN 9951080642
- Kanuni i Lekës së vogël ("The Kanun of Leka Junior") (2011) ISBN 9951081487
- Legjenda e vetmisë ("The Legend of Solitude") (2012) ISBN 9951417787
- Gjumi mbi borë ("Sleeping on Snow") (2016) ISBN 9928435456
- Treni i muzgut ("The Twilight Train") (2017)
- Dashuritë e virgjëreshës Madalenë ("Virgin Madeleine's Love") (2018)
References
[edit]- ^ Robert Elsie (2005). Albanian Literature: A Short History. London: I.B.Taurus. p. 190. ISBN 1-84511-031-5.
- ^ Guraziu, S. (2009). "Bisedë informale me krijues: Ridvan Dibra". Ars Poetica (in Albanian) (23). Lulu.com: 96. ISBN 978-1304497826. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Robert Elsie. "Ridvan DIBRA". Robert Elsie:Albanian Literature. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Ridvan Dibra". AlbanianBooks. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- 20th-century novelists
- 21st-century novelists
- Albanian novelists
- Albanian male writers
- Albanian-language writers
- 21st-century Albanian poets
- 21st-century Albanian writers
- 20th-century Albanian poets
- Albanian dramatists and playwrights
- Albanian male short story writers
- Albanian short story writers
- 20th-century Albanian male writers
- 21st-century male writers