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Faruk Myrtaj

Faruk Myrtaj is an Albanian novelist, poet, translator and engineer. Myrtaj was born in a small mining town in Vlora. He was deprived the right for higher education (University) because of the communist regime, then in power. Only after 9 year was given to him the possibility to continue University, in the Mining Engineering Faculty of the University of Tirana, where he graduated in 1988.

Works
Poetry • "Dielli i nëntokës" (1985) • "Rroba e fjalëve gjithnjë ngushtë më rri" (1991) - Tirana, Albania. "Naim Frashëri" Publishing House Short stories • "Njerëz që kam njohur" (1987) • "Marrëveshje për të jetuar" (1989) • "Nudo Zyrtare" (1996) – Tirana, Albania. • "Njerëzit janë tepër" (2000) - Shkup, Macedonia. "Vatra" Publishing House • "Luftëtarët vriten në paqe" (2003) – Prishtinë, Kosovo. "Dukagjini" Publishing House • "Hijet e Virgjëreshave" (2006) – Tirana, Albania. "Arbëria" Publishing House Novels • "Qyteti i Ministrave"(1998) – Tirana, Albania. "Toena" Publishing House. • "Atdhè Tjetër" (2012) Essays • "Përse druhemi nga nacionalizmi" (1995) • "Markezë shqiptarë" (2002) • "How I discovered Canada through its Literature"; "Speaking in Tongues", PEN Canada and Writers in Wxile, BANFF Center Press, 2005. ==Translations into Albanian==
Translations into Albanian
• "Tolerance, the threshold of peace" Betty Reardon, UNESCO. • "The power of G.G.Marquez", Jon Lee Anderson • "The best stories of William Saroyan" • "No Great Mischief", Alistair MacLeod • "The Grass Harp", Truman Capote ==References==
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