Lindita Arapi
Lindita Arapi (* 1972 in Lushnja ) is an Albanian writer and journalist . The author , who lives in Germany , has been publishing a number of volumes of poetry since the late 1990s and, in 2010, presented her first novel with Schlüsselmaiden , which was awarded the KULT book prize as Book of the Year in Albania in 2011 .
Life
Arapi studied Albanian language and literature at the University of Tirana from 1990 to 1994 . In 1993 Arapi published a first volume of poems. In 1996 she moved to Germany, where she studied German in Cologne. In the same year she received an author's grant from the Heinrich Böll Foundation . This was followed by a doctorate in journalism at the University of Vienna , in which she dealt with the image of Albania in the German-speaking area generated by press and book publications. Her first novel was published in 2010. She also translated some German-language texts into Albanian, including poems by Günter Grass , Joseph Roth , Elias Canetti and Felicitas Hoppe .
Arapi works as a journalist for the Albanian program of Deutsche Welle . Arapi is married and has two daughters. She lives with her family in Bonn .
Works
- Kufomë lulesh . Poetry (1993)
- Ndodhi në shpirt . Poetry (1995)
- Melodi te heshtjes . Poetry (1998)
- How Albania became Albanian. Reconstruction of a picture of Albania . Dissertation, Vienna 2001; Book publication: Marburg 2005, ISBN 3-8288-8918-2
- Shenjat e dorës . Poetry (2006)
- By the sea, at night . Poetry (2007) ISBN 3-900986-65-7
- Vajzat me çelës . Roman (2010), German key girl . Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-937717-85-2
- Europe - always better than us . Essay at Perlentaucher , September 16, 2012
- Selected poems in German . Published in the online magazine Transcript
Translations (selection)
- Josef Luitpold Stern : Mbrëmje shqiptare. Tregime me temë shqiptare . (German Albanian Evening. Essays with Albanian Themes )
- Joseph Roth : Udhëtim nëpër Shqipëri 1927 . (German trip through Albania 1927 , article)
- Arian Leka : One book, one sea . Poems. (alb. Libër deti .) Ottensheim an der Donau 2007 ISBN 978-3-900986-65-0
swell
- Information from the «Traduki» translator network on Lindita Arapi (PDF; 151 kB)
- Claudia Kramatschek: traitors and tolerated people . Key Girl Review. Deutschlandradio Kultur, September 19, 2012
- Biography on the website of the "International Literature Festival Berlin"
- Insa Wilske: Të mësosh të marrësh frymë. In: «Shekulli» of October 29, 2012
- Lindita Arapi: Vetësiguria e një femre fillon aty ku fillon siguria financiare . Interview, in: «Shekulli» from December 1, 2012
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SURNAME | Arapi, Lindita |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Albanian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lushnja , Albania |