IBRAHIM KADRIU 1945

CURRICULUM VITAE

Ibrahim Kadriu was born on 8 January 1945 in Zheger of Gjilan (Kosova).

He finished his elementary education at birthplace in 1959, and his high (teaching school) in Gjilan in 1964. He completed his post-university studies in Prishtina. After two years of working as a teacher, from 1968 he began his regular job as a journalist for the daily newspaper "Rilindja", journalist and editor of culture department and freelance. He worked in "Rilindja" till 1999 (as an editor) and then joins the daily "Zeri" where he is still assigned. As early as the sixties he has been a prolific writer. His opus includes the following works: "Netet e Karadakut" (Karadak Nights), poetry (1969); "Qyteti i luleve" (City of Flowers), short stories (1970), "Pranvera shikon nga bregu" (Spring is Looking Towards the Shore), poems (1972), "Diçka po ndodh" (Something is Happening), poetry (1972), "E lumi rridhte"(And the River Ran), novel and short stories (1973), "Armend", a poem (1974), "Pas kthimit" (Following Return), a novel (1975), republished "Naim Frasheri", (1985), "Hapesire" (Space), poetry (1977), "Shpetimtaret" (Saviors), novel and short stories (1978), "Kohe e te korrave" (Harvest Times), novel (1979), "Troku" (Trot), poetry, (1980), Tregime (Short Stories), (1980), "Kroi i ilaçit" (Curing Spring), a novel (1982), published in Serbo-Croat "Lekovit izvor" (1987), "Ethet e nje dimri" (Winter Fevers), novel (1983), "Koprena vremena" , Serbo-Croat, poetry (Veil of Time) - (1984), "Zogjte fluturojne vete" (Birds are Flying Alone), novel (1986), "Fjalori i mbrapsht" (A Vicious Vocabulary), poetry, (1986), "Epoka ne figura" (Epoch on Figures), novel (1987), "Nena" (Mother), short stories, (1988), Short Stories, a selection as school literature (1988), "Pastaj harrohet" (Then it is Forgotten), poetry (1989), "Me shume se loje" (More than a Game), novel, (1990), "Qerrja e drites" (Cart of Light), novel (1990), "Loja e fundit" (Final Game), novel (1993), "Perrallorja" (Tale), short stories (1996), "Vite me plage" (Time of Wounds), novel (1998), "Spirale muzgu" (Dusk Spiral), novel (2002), "Shqiptarja e gjithe botes" (An Albanian Woman for all the World), novel, republished by UEGEN, Tirana, 2003, republication of novel "Qerrja e drites" (Cart of Light); "Shtepia e fantazmave" (Ghost House), novel, 2004; "Qeni me tenxhere" (Dog with a Dish), poem, 2005, "Dreni dhe Drenusha" (Dreni and Drenusha), a short story, Albanian_Norwegian Illustration, 2005; "Na ramas timp pentru sarbatori" (No Time Left for Celebration), volume of poetry in Romanian, Bucharest, 2005. Other publications: Dhurata letrare (Literary Gift), Reading book for 7th graders (1987), several republications, "555 arsye per te qeshur" (555 reasons to laugh), a comic book published by nickname I. Karadaku (1995), "444 arsye per te qeshur" (444 reasons to laugh), a book containing jokes, nickname I. Karadaku (1997) .

Part of Ibrahim Kadriu’s works (poetry and fiction extracts) have been published in French, German, Arabic, Romanian, Turkish, Italian, English.

For his literary work he has received various awards, such as "Shtjefen Gjeçovi" Prize for poetry, November Prize (of Prishtina) for the screenplay of a TV series "Fidan", realized based on the novel "Pas kthimit" (Following Return), Birthplace Prize, "Agim Ramadani" Award, etc. This novel was turned into a Radio drama by Radio Tirana in several editions and it was broadcast during the eighties.