Luan Starova

Luan Arif Starova ( Macedonian Луан Ариф Старова ; born August 14, 1941 in Pogradec ) is a Macedonian writer and diplomat.

Life

Luan Starova was born in Pogradec ( Albania ) on Lake Ohrid in 1941. He completed a degree in philology at the University of Skopje and defended his doctorate in French literature at the University of Zagreb . He then became a lecturer in French philology at the University of Skopje. After Macedonia gained independence in 1991, he became the country's first ambassador to Paris in 1994 . In 1996 he became the Macedonian ambassador in Madrid . He was also ambassador to Portugal and permanent representative of Macedonia to UNESCO . He is the author of several scientific and fictional works in Macedonian and Albanian . So far, two works have been translated into German.

Works (selection)

• Луѓе и мостови (1971)
• Kutijtë e pranvëres (1971)
• Barikadat e kohës (1976)
• Доближувања (1977)
• Релации (1982)
• Кинеска пролет (1984)
• Пријатели (1986)
• Континуитети (1988)
• Митска птица (1991)
• Песни од Картагина (1991)
• Мостот на љубовта (1992)
• Татковите книги (1993), The Father's Book, Wieser Verlag , ISBN 978-3-85129-772-0
• Време на козите (1993), Zeit der Ziegen, Unionsverlag , ISBN 978-3-293-00268-5
• Балкански клуч (1995)
• Француски книжевни студии - 20 век (1995)
• Атеистички музеј (1997)
• Пресадена земја (1998)
• Патот на јагулите (2000)
• книга за една мајка (2005), The Book of the Mother, Wieser Verlag , ISBN 978-3-85129-869-7

literature

• Gabriella Schubert : Luan Starova - writer and bridge builder. Life and work. . In: Gabriella Schubert (Ed.): Macedonia: Coins and Perspectives  (= Volume 1 of Research on Southeastern Europe: Language - Culture - Literature). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-447-05277-5 , pp. 223-231.

Web links

• Short biography about Starova on albanianliterature.net (English)