{"id":1529,"date":"2019-11-23T19:06:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T19:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2023-12-21T13:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:18:45","slug":"shaip-emerllahu-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/shaip-emerllahu-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaip EM\u00cbRLLAHU, North MACEDONIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shaip EM\u00cbRLLAHU North MACEDONIA<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaip Em\u00ebrllahu was born in 1962 in the village of Trebosh near Tetova, North Macedonia. He completed his Philological Degree of Albanian Language and Literature at Prishtina University in Kosovo.<\/span><\/span> He got his Master’s degree at Tirana University with a paper about “The Structure of the Poetry of Azem Shkreli”. He got his PhD in Literature in Tirana. He is a lecturer at the State University of Tetova.<\/span><\/span> Director of the International Poetry Festival \u201cDitet e Naimit\u201d, Tetova, <\/span><\/span>he has worked as a journalist and culture editor for the newspaper \u201cFlaka\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Shaip <\/span><\/span>Em\u00ebrllahu<\/span><\/span> has participated in international and national poetry festivals in Columbia, Ireland, Italia, Greece, Tunisia, Poland, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey<\/span><\/span>, Bosna and Hercegovina, Montenegro, <\/span><\/span>… He has been awarded with many national and international literary prizes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He has published the poetry volumes \u201cPag\u00ebzimi i viteve\u201d (Baptism of the Years) in the publishing house \u201cNaim Frash\u00ebri\u201d, Tirana, 1994, \u201cProjekti i thyer\u201d (Broken Project), Albanian Writers\u2019 Association, Skopje, 1997, \u201cVdekja e pakt\u00eb\u201d (Little Death) in the edition \u201cFlaka\u201d, Skopje,<\/span><\/span> 2001<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>\u201cTroja e kalit\u201d (<\/span><\/span>\u2018Tr<\/span><\/span>oy of the horse\u201d) in the edition \u201cDit\u00ebt e Naimit\u201d, Tetova, 2018<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>In 2001, \u201cAkademia Orient \u2013 Oksident\u201d in Bucharest, published in Albanian and Romanian his poetry book \u201cVdekja e pakt\u00eb \u2013 Putina moarte\u201d.<\/span><\/span> In 2000, he published as a co-author the book about testimonies of the massacres in Kosovo \u201c\u2026edhe ne d\u00ebshmojn\u00eb \/ We witness\u201d, publishing house<\/span><\/span> \u201cDitet e Naimit\u201d (in Albanian and English). <\/span><\/span>In 2004, the Croatian PEN and the Croatian Writers\u2019 Association published his bilingual Croatian-Albanian book with the title “Poezi”.<\/span><\/span> In 2004, the publishing house \u201cFeniks\u201d in Skopje published his book with selected poems \u201cDvorski son\u201d. In 2010, the publishing house \u201d<\/span><\/span>La stanza del poeta\u201d in Gaeta (in italien) his book \u201cStracci di vita\u201d and the<\/span><\/span>publishing house<\/span><\/span> \u201cDitet e Naimit\u201d (in English) his poetry book \u201cLife<\/span><\/span>\u2019s rags\u2019. <\/span><\/span>In 2014, his poetry book “Le marathon albanais” is published in French. In Japan, “Junpa Books” publishes his poetry with the title “Duet of Roads” (poetic dialogue with T. Aizu). <\/span><\/span>In 2018,<\/span><\/span> his poetry book “Life’s Rags” is published in Taiwan. <\/span><\/span>This year <\/span><\/span>his poetry book \u201cEpal Tetovo\/Apples of Tetovo\u201d is published<\/span><\/span> in \u201cKultura snova\u201d, Zagreb (Croatia). \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cycles of his poetry are also published in Spanish, Hebrew, Swedish, Bulgarian, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian, Hindi, Turkish, Polish, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian etc. His poetry has been included in several international anthologies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

THE APPLES OF TETOVA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

through the concerted centuries <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tetova pruned and watered <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200bits own apple trees<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

like rock salt<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

you\u2019ll want to burst <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

when you spot them turned rotten <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

from maggots<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in the end<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

they\u2019ve eaten so much<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200btheir teeth went numb <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tetova, 1989<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

REBORN AFTER THE VICTORY<\/p>\n

For Azem Shkreli<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in the turns bones take through history<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

verse-like and scattered <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

guarded steadily<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

in the psalm named Kosovo <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the long-winded phoenix was reborn<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

eager after its victory <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

to make fun of his charming death<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0in Illyrian<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

one portion of this victory<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

is reborn as Ali Podrimja<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n

Tetova, 25 May 1997<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ali Podrimja (born 1942) is a distinguished <\/span><\/span>Albanian<\/span><\/span><\/a> poet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

English version by Craig Czury and Elvana Zaimi- Tufa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PATHWAY OF ALBANIA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To Sadudin Gjura<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

he chased pathway\u2019s sun<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

awkward thought<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhe was his forgiven life<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

he rushed to leave behind<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0all he had <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

he kept leaving<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

pathway\u2019s sun<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200bwas a hand-width away<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

snow <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bspread wide his tattered <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

dream<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the way of walking<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200blistened to him through the spheres<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sadudin\u2019s Grave, 14.X.1999<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

English version by Craig Czury and Elvana Zaimi- Tufa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

TROY OF THE HORSE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The geography of the Troy running horse<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b\u200bexpands with bitten knifes <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

you break out<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

and your little mind doesn\u2019t understand<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

how we bite the fish bait <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

when the shadows surround our bodies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

with the Troy of the horse through and through<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the foam of its mouth <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

fills our tables<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

nobody ruins their day, their fun<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

what remains from Troy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

despite of the horse<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200bwith the whinny\u2019s fraud<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

13 january 2011 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n

Translated into Albanian language: Belfjore Qose<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

WHERE ARE WE GOING<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the tail-end of night<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

stayed to host crickets<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the morning leaf<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

exploded in anger<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

where are we going now?!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1994<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

English version by Craig Czury and Elvana Zaimi- Tufa<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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