{"id":7717,"date":"2026-03-24T00:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/xhevat-qena\/---fc0fa060-4eaa-466b-8937-ab9304761ca7"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:15:29","slug":"xhevat-qena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/2026\/03\/24\/xhevat-qena\/","title":{"rendered":"Xhevat Qena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Xhevat Qena, actor, passed away in Prishtina. He was born in Mitrovica (Kosova), in 1932. He finished primary and secondary school in his hometown. He was engaged in the Regional People&#8217;s Theater since 1952. During his long career as an actor, he performed in numerous world and Albanian dramaturgy performances, mainly in the Regional People&#8217;s Theater. Among the most popular plays, which he performed the most distinguished roles on the stage of this theater, are: <i>\u201cNuk martohem me pare\u201d (\u201cI don&#8217;t marry for money\u201d), \u201cSh\u00ebrb\u00ebtori i dy zotnive\u201d (\u201cThe servant of two masters\u201d)<\/i>, <i>\u201cKoshtana\u201d, \u201cKryet e hudhr\u00ebs\u201d (The head of garlic\u201d)<\/i>, <i>\u201cZonja ministresh\u00eb\u201d (\u201cMadam Minister\u201d)<\/i>. In addition to comic roles, Xhevat Qena was also involved in dramatic roles, among which the role of Gjegjeu in the play &#8220;Sinkopa&#8221; stands out. He also performed in the stage productions of Serbian and Turkish dramas, within the Provincial People&#8217;s Theatre, such as in the plays <i>\u201cPersoni i dyshimt\u00eb\u201d (\u201cThe suspicious person\u201d)<\/i>,\u202f <i>&#8220;Shpijuni&#8221; (\u201cThe Spy\u201d)<\/i>. For his stage creation, at the meetings of the &#8220;Joakim Vujiq&#8221; theaters held in Kragujevc (1966), he was awarded the best actor award for his role of Selver in Moliere&#8217;s &#8220;Scapin the Schemer&#8221; play, directed by Muharrem Qena. He was also engaged as an actor in cinematography, playing in the films: \u201cUka i Bjeshk\u00ebve t\u00eb Nemuna\u201d (1968), <i>\u201cSi t\u00eb vdiset\u201d (\u201cHow to die\u201d)<\/i> (1972), then in the films directed by Ekrem Kryeziu <i>\u201cGjurm\u00ebt e bardha\u201d (\u201cThe white footprints\u201d)<\/i> (1980) dhe <i>\u201cKur pranvera vonohet\u201d (\u201cWhen spring is delayed\u201d)<\/i> (1980). He also played in other television series and projects. <i>(In the photo: Xhevat Qena)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text:<\/strong> <i>The encyclopedic dictionary of Kosova &#8211; Vol. II <\/i>, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosova, Prishtina, 2018, page 1353.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 https:\/\/gazetavatra.com\/aktori-kosovar-xhevat-qena\/&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xhevat Qena, actor, passed away in Prishtina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11185,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7717\/revisions\/11185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}