Rexhep Qosja (born 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.
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Born | Vusanje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 25 June 1936
Occupation | Novelist, poet, social critic, literary critic, politician |
Nationality | Albanian |
Period | 1967–present |
Literary movement | Postmodern literature |
Notable works | Death comes to me from such eyes (1974) |
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Life and career
editHe is the first Doctor of Philological Sciences in Kosovo.[1] 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.[2] 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
edit- 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
edit- Ag Apolloni, Parabola postmoderne, 2010
- Robert Elsie, Historia e letërsisë shqiptare, 2001.