Teki Dervishi

Teki Dervishi (born 1943) is an ethnic-Albanian poet, novelist and playwright.

Early life

Dervishi was born in Gjakova, in the region disputed between Yugoslavia and Axis-occupied Albania, now part of Kosovo^[a]). Due to his dissidence in Yugoslavia, he was imprisoned in Goli otok.

Works

Novels:

• Pirgu i Lartë (The High Tower), 1972
• Padrona, 1973
• Skedarët (The Catalogues), 1974
• Herezia e Dervish Mallutës (The Heresy of Dervish Malluta), 1981
• Palimpsest për Dush Kusarin (Palimpsest For Dush Kusari), 1993

Verse:

• Nimfa (The Nymph), 1970
• Shtëpia e Sëmurë (The Sick House), 1978
• Thashë (I Said), 1981

Theatre plays:

• Pranvera e Librave (The Springtime of Books), 1990
• Zhvarrimi i Pjetër Bogdanit (The Exhumation of Pjetër Bogdani), 1990
• Kufiri me atdhe (The Border with the Fatherland), 1996
• Vojceku (Wozzeck), 1996

Notes and references

Notes:

a.

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References:

• "Gone But not Forgotten" (PDF). (80.9 KiB) by Robert Elsie, The Guardian, Saturday Review, April 3, 1999, page 3.