Occupation Writer, journalist Died 1989, Tirana, Albania Role Writer | Name Fatmir Gjata Nationality Albanian | |
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Born September 22, 1922
Korce, Principality of Albania ( 1922-09-22 ) Genre Fiction (novels, stories, screenplays), revolutionary songs Education Maxim Gorky Literature Institute | ||
Literary movement Socialist realism | ||
Fatmir Gjata (1922–1989) was a prominent Albanian writer of Socialist Realism. He is considered one of the top two Albanian novelists (next to Ismail Kadare).
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Life
Fatmir Gjata was born in Korçë, Albania in 1922. His father Isuf Gjata was a teacher who joined the National Liberation Movement during World War II and fell in 1944. Fatmir Gjata studied in the French Lyceum of Korçë and later he attended the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. As a communist and a poet, he wrote several poetry volumes during World War II and later, some of which would become known partisan songs. During the war he was in charge of a local illegal newspaper. He poetry was embroidered with march-style enthusiasm and solemn lexicology.
He would claim his place in the Albanian literature during 1950-90 period with his novels, theatrical plays, short story volumes and screenplays, some of which would turn into films such as Tana, the first Albanian movie.
Fatmir Gjata is also known for directing some of the most important institutes of art and culture in Communist Albania. He served as Chairman of the Committee for Arts and Culture, member of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists, editor-in-chief for 25 years of Nëntori literary magazine, journalist, and member of the collegial council for other press organs such as Zëri i Popullit, Drita, Ylli, Hosteni, etc. His work has been translated into other languages.
Many of his works received national prizes in Albania, such as "Republic's First Prize", "Order of the Flag of First Class", etc.
He died in Tirana, in 1989.