Name Fatos Arapi | Role Poet | |
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Atdheu fatos arapi
Fatos Arapi is an Albanian poet, short story writer, translator and journalist, laureate of the Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Award for 2008.
Contents
- Atdheu fatos arapi
- Interpretim poezie nga ilirian ali poezia fatos arapi
- Biography
- Characteristics of his poetic work
- Translation work
- Poetry
- Short stories
- Plays
- References
Interpretim poezie nga ilirian ali poezia fatos arapi
Biography
Born in 1930 in the village of Zvërnec near Vlorë, he studied economics in Sofia, Bulgaria from 1949 to 1954, then started to work as a journalist in Tirana. He soon made a name for himself as a poet, and went on to work as a researcher for the History and Philology Department of Tirana University. He now lives in Tirana.
Characteristics of his poetic work
Never fearing innovation, despite the cultural isolation of his country, Arapi has been a pioneer of free verse and experimental poetry in 1960s Albanian literature. Born on the seaside, the maritime universe has always inspired his verses, as has Albania's troubled history. He has also written meditative poetry, love poems and elegies, with the eternal questions on life and death as a recurrent theme.
Translation work
He translated into Albanian the works of poets such as Sappho, Pablo Neruda and Nikola Vaptsarov. He was the editor-in-chief of two anthologies: Songs of the Peoples and Anthology of Turkish Verse.