Rexhep Qosja (born 25 June 1936) is an writer, literary critic and Professor at University of Prishtina. He is a prolific literary critic and literary historian of Albanian literature. As a writer he is mostly known for his 1974 novel 'Death Comes to Me from Such Eyes', translated into multiple languages.
Life and career
He is the first Doctor of Philological Sciences in Kosovo.
Qosja is the author of various anthologies and scholarly monographs, including a three-volume history of Albanian literature in the
Romantic period. He is also the author of the novel
Vdekja më vjen prej syve të tillë (
Death Comes to Me from Such Eyes,
Pristina, 1974), translated into French, Italian, Greek, German, Dutch, Slovenian, Bulgarian and Serbian.
[ Historical dictionary of Kosova by Robert Elsie, p. 147-148]
Qosja has written books outlining the history of the
Albanian people in the
Balkans. Qosja was a figure in peace talks to end the
Kosovo War of 1999.
Novels
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Death comes to me from such eyes (1974)
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One Love and Seven Sins (2003)
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The Night is Our Day (2007)
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No one’s sons (2010)
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The Secrets Revealed (2020)
Sources
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