Fatos Kongoli

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Fatos Kongoli during a reading in Zurich

Fatos Kongoli (born January 12, 1944 in Elbasan ) is an Albanian writer .

Kongoli says that he was born in December 1943, but that due to the chaos of the war, his parents could not register him officially until January. As a child, Kongoli and his family moved to Tirana . He studied mathematics in Tirana and the People's Republic of China . In 1967 he finished his studies and then worked as a math teacher for two years. Since 1970 he has worked as a culture editor for publishers , magazines and newspapers. Fatos Kongoli, father of two adult children who emigrated to America, lives with his wife Lili in Tirana.

Works

Kongoli summarizes the five novels written between 1992 and 2004 in the cycle “The Dungeons of Memory”. In these works in particular, but also in his work in general, it is about the relationship of the individual to state power . In his works he also addresses the end of communism and the mass emigration of Albanians afterwards.

  • Shqetësime të ngjashme ( Eng .: similar concerns ), 1972
  • Tregime (German: Stories), 1978
  • Të fejuarit ( Eng .: fiancee), 1982
  • Ne të tre (Eng .: we three), 1985
  • Karuseli (German: the carousel), 1990
  • The Albanian bride. From the Albanian by Joachim Röhm, Ammann, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-250-60019-9 , most recently as Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt 2003, ISBN 3-596-14955-X (original title: I humburi ; German: Der Verlorene) , 1992.
  • Kufoma ( Eng .: the corpse), 1994
  • Dragoi i Fildishtë ( Eng .: The Ivory Dragon ), 1999
  • Ëndrra e Damokleut ( Eng .: Damocles' dream), 2001
  • Dog skin. From the Albanian by Joachim Röhm, Ammann, Zürich 2006, ISBN 3-250-60088-1 (Original title: Lëkura e qenit. 2004)
  • Te porta e Shën Pjetrit ( Eng .: At the gate of Saint Peter), 2005
  • Jetë në një kuti shkrepësesh (English: Life in a Matchbox), 2007, ISBN 978-99943-1-235-1
  • Bolero në vilën e pleqve (German: Bolero in a nursing home) 2009, ISBN 978-99943-1-461-4
  • Si-do-re-la , 2011, ISBN 978-99943-1-768-4
  • Njeriu me fat (German: The lucky guy ), 2013, ISBN 978-99943-1-920-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anna Prizkau: A life without a future. faz.net, August 24, 2015, accessed August 25, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Kongoli, Fatos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Elbasan