Dritëro Agolli

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Dritëro Agolli (born October 13, 1931 in Menkulas , Devoll district , † February 3, 2017 in Tirana ) was an Albanian writer and publicist .

Life

Agolli attended high school in Gjirokastra and studied journalism in Leningrad in the 1950s . Since his return to Albania he has lived in the capital Tirana. Initially, Agolli worked for the communist party newspaper Zëri i Popullit for some time . He published his first poems in 1958.

In his works - poems as well as short stories and novels - he idealized the socialist system and celebrated the so-called new man whom the Albanian communists had set out to educate. From 1973 to 1992 Agolli was chairman of the Albanian Writers' Union. From 1974 to 1996 and from 1997 to 2001 he was a member of the Albanian Parliament .

Agolli's works, created between 1958 and 1990, are not just flat praises of communism. His poems are subtle and of great linguistic beauty and are read to this day. His 1973 satirical novel Zylo or the adventurous journey through the wondrous world of bureaucracies was widely regarded as an amusing criticism of the party bureaucracy. Even after the end of the communist dictatorship in 1990, he continued his work as a writer. Until his death, the Tirana-based author was very productive and published a new book almost every year.

Works (selection)

  • Mesditë. (Noon), Poetry 1969
  • Komisari memo. (Commissioner Memo), Roman 1970
  • Shkëlqimi dhe rënia e shokut Zylo. (German published in the GDR under the title: Zylo or the adventurous journey through the wondrous world of bureaucracies .), satirical novel 1973
  • Njeriu me top. (The man with the cannon), novel 1975
  • Nënë Shqipëri. (Mother Albania), Poem 1976 (see also Mother Albania )
  • Trëndafili në gotë. (The rose in a glass), novel 1980
  • Mosha e bardhë. (The White Age), drama 1985
  • Njerëz të krisur. (Crazy People), Short Stories 1995
  • Shpirti i gjyshërve. 101 këngë. (The Spirit of Grandfathers. 101 songs.) Poems 1996
  • Vjen njeriu i çuditshëm. (The Strange Man Comes), Poems 1996
  • Teshtimat e lirisë. Njeriu, politika dhe kultura. (The sneeze of freedom. Man, politics and culture.), Essays 1997
  • Zhurma e erërave të dikurshme. (The sound of the ancient winds), Short Stories 1999
  • Gdhihet e ngryset. (It is dawn and it is dark), Poems 2000
  • Dështaku. (The Failure), Novel 2000

Political response

In Albania, Dritëro Agolli is commonly referred to as the “Patriarch of the Socialists”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albanian writer Dritero Agolli dies at 85 . Xinhua report in the Global Times , February 4, 2017, accessed February 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ Michael Schmidt-Neke: To the death of Dritëro Agollis. In: German Albanian Friendship Society. February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Agolli, Dritëro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Menkulas, Albania
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 2017
Place of death Tirana , Albania