I recently discovered an old poem of Ismail Kadare’s. It made the writer who is often mythologized by the Albanian public, both by those...

The Albanian tradition of hospitality and kinship ranks among the most ancient societal codes in the Balkans. This tradition is most...

Vilson Blloshmi was born on March 18th, 1948 in a village near Librazhd, Albania to a kulak family of landowning peasants. It was a...

Mit’hat Frashëri was the son of Abdyl and nephew of Sami and Naim Frashëri, three of the most important leaders of the Rilindja...

Ismail Kadare remains the greatest master of the Albanian language. It is through a stunning literary talent that his works broke down...