Rexhep Qosja
{{short description|Albanian writer (born 1936)}}
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|birth_place = Vusanje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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|occupation = Novelist, poet, social critic, literary critic, politician
|nationality = Albanian
|period = 1967–present
|movement = Postmodern literature
|notableworks = Death comes to me from such eyes (1974)
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Rexhep Qosja (born 25 June 1936) is an Albanian writer, literary critic and Professor at University of Prishtina. He is a prolific literary critic and literary historian of Albanian literature. As a writer he is mostly known for his 1974 novel 'Death Comes to Me from Such Eyes', translated into multiple languages.
Life and career
He is the first Doctor of Philological Sciences in Kosovo.{{cite web|title=Rexhep Qosja - Biografia|url=http://www.ashak.org/?cid=1,18,23|publisher=Kosova Academy of Sciences and Arts|accessdate=26 June 2012}}
Qosja is the author of various anthologies and scholarly monographs, including a three-volume history of Albanian literature in the Romantic period. He is also the author of the novel Vdekja më vjen prej syve të tillë (Death Comes to Me from Such Eyes, Pristina, 1974), translated into French, Italian, Greek, German, Dutch, Slovenian, Bulgarian and Serbian.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fnbw1wsacSAC&dq=Rexhep+Qosja&pg=PA147 Historical dictionary of Kosova by Robert Elsie, p. 147-148]
Qosja has written books outlining the history of the Albanian people in the Balkans. Qosja was a figure in peace talks to end the Kosovo War of 1999.
Novels
- Death comes to me from such eyes (1974)
- One Love and Seven Sins (2003)
- The Night is Our Day (2007)
- No one’s sons (2010)
- The Secrets Revealed (2020)
Sources
- Ag Apolloni, Parabola postmoderne, 2010
- Robert Elsie, Historia e letërsisë shqiptare, 2001.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ashak.org/?cid=1,24,36 Regular members of ASHAK](Kosovo
- [http://www.gazetatema.net/web/2012/06/27/nata-jote-eshte-dita-jone-gudar/rexhep-qosja-3/ Rexhep Qasja "Shqip"], Tirana
- [http://www.korrieri.com/index.php?s=kadare&k=10&i=37192 interview given Blendi Fevziu Ismail Kadare in TV Klan]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090411224111/http://www.gazeta-shqip.com/kerko.php R.Qoses interviews to Daily "Shqip"], Tirana
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Category:20th-century Albanian male writers
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