Ardian Vehbiu
Ardian Vehbiu | |
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 Vehbiu in 2015 | |
| Born | 22 August 1959 Tirana, Albania |
| Occupation | Writer, Translator |
| Language | Albanian, English, Italian and French |
| Nationality | Albanian |
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Ardian Vehbiu (born August 22, 1959) is an Albanian author and translator. He was born in Tirana, Albania in 1959 and now resides in New York City. He is the author of 12 non-fiction and fiction books, as well as of a number of research papers in linguistics and semiotics.[citation needed] He is the winner of the 2009 "Gjergj Fishta"[1] national non-fiction award with "Shqipja totalitare", (2009), as well as the winner of the 2014 "Ardian Klosi"[2] non-fiction award, with "Sende që nxirrte deti", (2013).
His writing is featured regularly in the Albanian press and has been translated in Italian, English and Romanian. He has also translated several works from Albanian into Italian, as well as from Italian, French and English into Albanian.
Bibliography
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Ndërhyrjet e zotit Shyti (Tiranë: Dudaj, 2016)
- BOLERO (Tiranë: Dudaj, 2015)
- Gjashtëdhjetë e Gjashtë Rrëfimet e Maks Gjerazit (Tiranë: K & B, 2010)
Non-fiction
[edit]- Sende Që Nxirrte Deti: Ese. (Tiranë: Dudaj, 2013)
- Kundër Purizmit: Polemikë (Tirane: Dudaj, 2012)
- Folklori i Elitave (Tiranë: Morava, 2009)
- Fraktalet e Shqipes: Rrëgjimi i Gjeometrive të Standardit (Tiranë: Çabej, 2007)
- Shqipja Totalitare: Tipare të Ligjërimit Publik në Shqipërinë e Viteve 1945-1990 (Tiranë: Çabej, 2007)
- Midis Zhgënjimit dhe Mitit: Realitete Amerikane (Tiranë: Max, 2007)
- Kuzhinat e Kujtesës: Ese Kritike II (Elbasan: Sejko, 2006)
- Zhargonet e Kombit: Ese Kritike I (Elbasan: Sejko, 2004)
- Kulla e Sahatit (Tiranë: K & B, 2003)
- La Scoperta Dell'Albania: Gli Albanesi Secondo i Mass Media (Co-written with Rando Devole, Milano, Paoline, 1996)
References
[edit]- ^ "Çmimet Kombëtare Letrare 2009". Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ "First Ardian Klosi Prize awarded in Tirana". Archived from the original on 2014-11-25. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
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Categories:
- 21st-century Albanian writers
- Writers from Tirana
- Living people
- Albanian emigrants to the United States
- 1959 births
- Italian-language writers
- 20th-century Albanian translators
- 21st-century translators
- Albanian–Italian translators
- English–Albanian translators
- French–Albanian translators
- Italian–Albanian translators
- Albanian novelists
- Albanian non-fiction writers