Anastas Kondo was born on 28 November 1937 in
Kuçovë,
Albania, and hailed from a family from
Vuno, in
Himarë municipality, on the
Albanian riviera. He studied in the
Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology and graduated there as a geologist. Kondo became one of the main textbook authors and undertook several scientific studies on
micropaleontology in
Albania. Kondo has been the screenwriter of movies such as
Misioni përtej detit,
Dimri i madh,
Kur zbardhi një ditë,
Partizani i vogël Velo, etc. He has won national prizes on several books published such as the short stories volumes
Ura (The bridge),
Kur mbaron e vdes burri (When the man finishes and dies),
Portat e diellit (The gates to the sun),
Pse e vranë Odisenë (Why was Odissey killed),
Njerëz dhe gurë (Men and stones),
Kur zbardhi një ditë (A day's dawn). He has been a Deputy
Minister of Education as well as secretary of the
Albanian League of Writers and Artists. Died in 2006. ==References==