Art & Culture
“The book ‘Screaming Accusations’, featuring the protest against an indifferent Europe that failed to protect Albanians during their mass extermination, can be found at…”
Memorie.al / Leo Freundlich, the Jew who protested against the mass extermination of Albanians by Serbians in 1912-1913. The Holocaust...
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“From Secretary of the Academy to ‘Volunteer’ on the Ground: The Unknown Profile of Prof. Bedri Dedja and the ‘Furrows’ of His Life.”
Memorie.al / In his life memoirs, Prof. Bedri Dedja noted that he was born on November 20, 1930. There, he...
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“A few days later, Kadare met with Todi Lubonja, who told him: ‘You have spoken to me about how the heads of Turkish pashas were severed; if there is room in your novel, write…’ / The sad story of the creators of the 11th Festival!”
Memorie.al / The 11th Song Festival on Radio Television, in the history of communist Albania, was a "milestone" that proved...
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“When some friends told him that people were being arrested, he got scared and destroyed all his nudes. However, it must be said that he was eliminated by his own students, because…” / The sad story of the master of sculpture, Janaq Paço.
Memorie.al / There are developments for which death seems to be the only answer. For an artist, death may raise...
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“Whenever there were political events in Shkodër, Party congresses, etc., the police would arrive first with handcuffs in their hands and take Frederik away, fearing that in public, he would…” / Reflections of the renowned publicist.
Memorie.al / The poet Frederik Rreshpja, self-proclaimed as "the sorrow of the world," departed from this life, but left the...
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“Driven away from the People’s Theater by rumors and jealousy, he sought refuge at the Higher Institute of Arts…” / The untold accounts of his peers; how the legendary actor Naim Frashëri was “destroyed.”
Memorie.al / In the sad farewells and the great losses of the performing arts, the premature death of the distinguished...
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“Xhevahir Spahiu’s article about me in ‘Zëri i Popullit’ brought me to Tirana, but when I painted Enver Hoxha with long hair, I was summoned to the Central Committee, where…” / The rare testimony of the “king” of watercolor
Memorie.al / The Sea are not just the balancing of internal relationships, as the Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto says. It...
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“‘The newspaper ‘Il Fatto Quotidiano’ wrote: Berte’s lower garden was destroyed, then, the best stadium designed in 1934, and now the National Theater…’! Reflections of the literary scholar on the work of Visar Zhiti.”
Part Two Memorie.al / Umberto Eco, the author of the magnificent novel The Name of the Rose, quoting Visar Zhiti’s...
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“I wanted to escape a nightmare, only to surrender to a dream. They needed our suffering, our ideals, our allies, and what we represented—but not us, because…” / Reflections of the literary scholar on the creative work of Visar Zhiti.
Part One Memorie.al / Umberto Eco, author of the magnificent novel “The Name of the Rose,” quoting Visar Zhiti’s poetry...
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