Sulejman Krasniqi, writer, was born in Hoçë e Vogël of Rahovec (Kosovo). He completed primary school in his hometown, whereas secondary school in Prizren. After being imprisoned, since he was a student he escaped to Albania. For a while he lived in the immigrant settlement in Llakatund in Vlore, then he was interned in Seman of Fier and in Levan of Fier. He then worked as an accountant in Berat, and in the years 1963-1967 he studied Albanian language and literature at the Faculty of History and Philology of the University of Tirana. After completing his studies, he worked as a teacher in secondary schools in Mat and Tirana until 1982, when he became a freelance writer. He wrote sketches, stories, articles, reportages, pamphlets, etc. in the periodical press. He wrote his first novel when he was a teacher in Klos of Mat. Then he published many works, novels, novellas, plays, etc. Some of the published works are: “Tri motra, tri histori” (“Three sisters, three stories”)(1972), “Në shpellën e banditëve” (“In the den of bandits”)(1973), “Prijësja e komitëve” (“Leader of the committees”)(1975), “Mic Sokoli” (1979), “Pushka top Bajram Curri” (1982), “Oso Kuka” (1990), “Rapsodia e kosovares” (“Rhapsody of the Kosovar woman”) (2001), then the nonfiction books “Shqiptarofobia e serbomëdhenjve” (“Albananophobia of the big Serbs”)(1990) and “Evropë deri kur do të keqpërdorësh durimin e Kosovës shqiptare” (“Europe, for how long will you misuse the patience of Albanian Kosovo”) (1997). He was awarded the Prize of the Republic and was decorated with the Order of Work by the Assembly of Albania. He passed away in Tirana, in 2011. (In the photo: Sulejman Krasniqi)
Text: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Kosovo – Vol. I , Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo, Prishtina, 2018, page 882.
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