Ornela Vorpsi

Ornela Vorpsi (3 August 1968, Tirana), is an Albanian writer and photographer.[1][2][3] Vorpsi studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan,[4] and has been living and working in Paris since 1997.[5] In 2012 she was named one of the 35 best writers of Europe in Best European Fiction by Aleksander Hemon and Zadie Smith.[6]

Ornela Vorpsi (portrait)

Novels
  • 2001 – Nothing Obvious[7][8]
  • 2003 – The Country Where One Never Dies[9][10][4]
  • 2006 – Pink Glass
  • 2007 – The hand that does not bite
  • 2010 – Drink Cocoa van Houten![8]
  • 2012 – Fuorimondo[11]
  • 2015 – Travel Around the Mother
gollark: Well, A-level computer science is basically worthless.
gollark: It *also* works as a socially acceptable way to not do full-time job-y work for a few years, so you *can* learn things™.
gollark: But I expect you can at least get a decent overview of the bits you like most.
gollark: I mean, to be fair, it's likely quite hard to self-teach 3 years of full time stuff.
gollark: The additional spending of the top ones apparently goes on research quite a lot. That doesn't impact teaching quality much in *most* areas, since I don't think that much of your education is going to be in state of the art research. Maybe the last year.

References
  1. AlĂš, G.; Pedri, N. (2015). Enlightening Encounters: Photography in Italian Literature. Toronto Italian Studies. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-4807-4. Retrieved 28 April 2016.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Vorpsi prend corps". Libération.fr. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. SAVIGNEAU, JOSYANE. "Ornela Vorpsi : éclats de mémoire d'une exilée". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. "Ornela Vorpsi: me, Albania and the 'whoring of the human race'". Cafebabel. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. GazetaExpress. "Ornela Vorpsi: "Nuk dua të kthehem më kurrë në Shqipëri"". gazetaexpress.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  6. "Tirana International Literature Festival". Tirana International Literature Festival. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  7. Vorpsi, Ornela (2001). Nothing obvious. Zurich New York New York City: Scalo Distributed in North America by D.A.P. ISBN 3-908247-32-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  8. "Kosovo 2.0 – Ornela Vorpsi: Creativity is her home". kosovotwopointzero.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  9. Jeff Waxman. "Ornela Vorpsi's "The Country Where No One Ever Dies"". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  10. Vorpsi, Ornela (2009). The country where no one ever dies. Champaign Ill: Dalkey Archive Press. ISBN 1-56478-568-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  11. Vorpsi, Ornela (2012). Fuorimondo : storia di una ragazza di oggi (in Italian). Torino: Einaudi. ISBN 88-06-21015-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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