Visar Zhiti, writer, deputy, minister was born in Durr\u00ebs. He grew up in Lushnje where he finished high school in 1970. Later, he started his higher studies in Shkod\u00ebr for Albanian language and literature. After completing his studies at the Higher Pedagogical Institute in Shkod\u00ebr, he began his career as a teacher in the city of Kuk\u00ebs. In 1973 he prepared the collection entitled: “Rapsodia e jet\u00ebs s\u00eb tr\u00ebndafilave” (“The rhapsody of the life of roses”). It was the time of the Fourth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Labor Party where liberalism in art and culture was condemned. Zhiti’s father had previously had a conflict with the authorities, and the young poet suddenly became one of the political victims of the dictatorship; as the goal was to intimidate Albanian intellectuals. The manuscript of his summary mentioned above, which was submitted for publication to the “Naim Frash\u00ebri” publishing house, was considered as a creation with serious ideological errors and that distorted the socialist reality. He was arrested on November 8, 1979 in Kuk\u00ebs and sentenced to 13 years in prison. After the sentence, he was sent to the prison of Tirana and later transferred to the prison of Spa\u00e7 and later to that of Qaf\u00eb-Bari. He was released from prison on January 28, 1987. After his release from prison, deprived of all rights (the right to vote, the right to exercise a profession, the right to publish), he worked as a manual laborer in a factory producing bricks in Lushnje. After the fall of the communist dictatorship, he managed to go to Italy where he worked in Milan until 1992. Upon his return to Albania, he worked as a journalist, translator, but later he also got involved in politics. In 1996 he was elected a deputy of the Albanian Parliament, in 2013 he was appointed Minister of Culture. He has published several books in prose and poetry, such as: “Kujtesa e ajrit” (\u201cMemory of the air\u201d), “Hedh nj\u00eb kafk\u00eb te k\u00ebmb\u00ebt tuaja” (\u201cThrow a skull at your feet\u201d), “Rrug\u00ebt e ferrit: Burgologji” (\u201cThe paths of hell: Prisonology\u201d), “Koha e krisur\u201d (\u201cCracked time\u201d) etc. His literary works have been awarded national and international prizes. His work has been translated into other languages. (In the photo: Visar Zhiti)<\/i><\/p>\n
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