Name Kristaq Rama | Known for Sculpture Role Sculptor Ex-spouse Aneta Rama | |
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Born 1932 Durres, Albania | ||
Grandchildren Gregun Rama, Rean Rama Similar Edi Rama , Spiro Koleka , Erion Veliaj | ||
Dokumentar per artistin kristaq rama 1976
Kristaq Rama (1932 – April 1998) was an Albanian sculptor, art educator and a member of the Politburo in Communist Albania under Enver Hoxha's rule.
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- Dokumentar per artistin kristaq rama 1976
- Fatmir Haxhiu 17 Prill1995 Kristaq Rama n studion e piktorit Fatmir Haxhiu
- Early life and education
- Career
- Works
- Implication with communist dictatorship crimes
- Personal life
- References
Fatmir Haxhiu | 17-Prill1995 Kristaq Rama në studion e piktorit Fatmir Haxhiu
Early life and education
He was born in Durrës.
Rama graduated from the Artistic Lyceum "Jordan Misja", in the Department of Fine Arts in 1951, and three years later left Albania to study in Leningrad, Soviet Union.
Career
After graduation, he returned to Albania, where he worked in Tirana, primarily as superintendent of fine arts at the Albanian Ministry of Culture, and at the same time taught as an external lecturer at the Higher Institute of Arts of Tirana.
Works
As a sculptor, Rama created several busts of warriors, people portraits, female sculptures, as well as other decorations.
Implication with communist dictatorship crimes
In August 1988, Rama signed – along with Ramiz Alia and others – documents for the death penalty of poet Havzi Nela by hanging. Other documents show that Rama signed for the death penalty for Enver Osmani, a 29-year-old from Dibra.
Personal life
He is the father of Edi Rama, president of the Socialist Party of Albania and Prime Minister of Albania, also several times former mayor of Tirana city.
Rama died, age 65–66, in Tirana in 1998.