DIN MEHMETI 1929

CURRICULUM VITAE
 

DIN MEHMETI

PERSONAL DATA:

Name and surname: Din Mehmeti
Date of birth: 7 May 1929
Place of birth: Gjocaj, Kosovo
Marital status:
Tel: +377 44 246 741
E_mail: liberpoet@yahoo.com

EDUCATION:

Faculty of Philology, Belgrade

QUALIFICATIONS:

Master of Literature – University of Prishtina, 1976


WORKING EXPERIENCE:

1952-1954: School Inspector in Lipjan
1959-1962: Journalist for the daily “Rilindja”, Prishtina
1962-1967: Professor (Teaching School and Gymnasium), Gjakova
1967: Professor of literature at the Superior Pedagogical School “Bajram Currri” and Faculty of Education in Gjakova

PUBLICATIONS:

“Te rese sone” (To Our New Life), Prishtina, 1949
“Ne krahet e shkrepave” (On the Wings of Cliffs), Prishtina, 1961
“Rini diellore” (Sunny Youth), Prishtina, 1965
“Dridhjet e drites” (Shivers of Light), Prishtina, 1969
“Heshtja e kallur” (A Burning Silence), Prishtina, 1972
“Ora” (Hour), Prishtina, 1974
“Ikje nga vdekja” (Escape from Death), Prishtina, 1978
“Fanar ne fortune” (A Lantern in the Storm), Prishtina, 1981
“Zogu i diellit” (A Bird of Sun), Prishtina, 1982
“Agu” (Dawn), Prishtina, 1982
“Poezi” (Poetry), Prishtina, 1985
“Fatin tim nuk e nenshkruaj” (I Won’t Sign my Destiny), Prishtina, 1984
“As ne toke as ne qiell” (Hovering between Earth and Sky), Prishtina, 1988
“Gjaku qe kendon” (The Singing Blood), Prishtina, 1993
“Prape fillimi” (The Beginning Again), Prishtina, 1996
“Lumturia eshte mashtrim” (Happiness is Deceiving), Prishtina, 1999
“Mos vdis kur vdiset” (Don’t Die at a Dying Time), Prishtina, 2001
“Verbim i bardhe” (White Blinding), Prishtina, 2004
“Mallkim i gjakut” (The Curse of Blood), Tirana, 1973
“Poezi” (Poetry), Tirana, 1985
“Klithme eshte emri im” (My Name is a Cry), Tirana, 2002
“Antologji personale” (Personal Anthology), Tirana, 2004
“Pesme” (Poems), Belgrade, 1976
“Erdhi koha” (Ilest tomps), Paris, 2006

INCLUDED IN NUMEROUS ANTHOLOGIES:

“Dege e pikelluar” (A Sad Branch – in German), 1978
“Dege e pikelluar”(A Sad Branch – in French), 1979
“Dege e pikelluar” (A Sad Branch – in English)
“Antologji e gjuhes shqipe” (An Albanian Language Anthology, - in Arabic), Kuwait
“Slap o soneu” Antologija Albancev v SRFJ (in Slovenian), 1979
“Kenge e hapur” (An Open Song), Prishtina, 2005
“Poeti albanesi in Jugoslavia”, Rijeka, 1979
“La parole rinato”, Prishtina, 1970
“Shtigjet e qendreses”-“Stazama otpora” (Tracks of Resistance), Prishtina, 1961
“Per ty” (For You), Tirana, 1969
“Antologji e lirikes shqipe” (An Anthology of Albanian Lyrics), Prishtina, 1970
“E di nje fjale prej guri” (I Know a Word of Stone), Tirana, 1969
“Antologjia e poezise se sotme shqipe ne Jugoslavi” (An Anthology of Present-day Albanian Poetry in Yugoslavia), Skopje, 1977
“Iz savremene albanske poezije”, Sarajevo, 1985
“Poesia del Kosovo” (in Italian), 1999
“Antologjia e poezise shqipe e shek.XX” (An Anthology of Albanian Poetry in the 20th Century), Amsterdam, 2000
“A Split Stone” (in English), 2006
“Antologii poezji albanskiej XX wieku”, Sejny, 2005
“Antologjia e poezise shqipe” (An Anthology of Albanian Poetry), Tetova, 2000
“Fjale prej zjarri Kosove” (A Word of Stone), Tirana, 1999
“Antologjia e poezise shqipe: “Shqipet dhe mallet” (Eagles and Longing) in Swedish, 199..
“Voix albanaises dans la nuit”, 1999
“Syte qe shkrepin dashni” (Eyes Shining with Love), “Jeta e Re”, Prishtina, 1959
“”Nje gur i çare” (A Split Stone – an anthology), Prishtina, 2005
“7 shkrimtare” (Seven Authors), Prishtina, 2005
“Anthology of Modern Albanian Poetry”, London, 1993
“Lule per Nenen” (Flowers for Mother),
“Literatur und kritik”, (Review), 1991
“Literatur und kritik”, (Review) 1992, etc.

MEMBERSHIP:

Kosova Writers’ Association
Kosova PEN Center
“Gjon Nikolle Kazazi” Club
Honorary Member of Pan-National event “Naim’s Days”, Tetova.


LITERARY PRIZES AND AWARDS:

1972 – December Award for the book: “The Burning Silence”
1978 – Kosova Awriters’ Association Award for the book “Escaping from Oneself”
1984 – Rilindja and Poetry Meeting Prize for the book “I Won’t Sign my Destiny”
2005 – National Award “Azem Shkreli” for life-long achievement