Teki Dervishi


Teki Dervishi was an Albanian poet, novelist, journalist and playwright.

Early life and career

Dervishi was born in Gjakova, in the region disputed between Yugoslavia and Axis-occupied Albania, now part of Kosovo.
After completing his primary education, he was imprisoned for several years at Goli otok, at the age of 17. Dervishi was one of the youngest Albanian prisoners at Goli Otok.
Dervishi finished secondary school in Peja and studied at the University of Pristina.
Besides Dervishi's literary activities, he also worked as a journalist. He worked for the Albanian-language newspaper Flaka e vëllazërimit in Skopje, and was later director and among the founders of the Albanian newspaper Bota sot.
Dervishi also worked as the director of the National Theatre of Kosovo in the 2000s.

Later life

On 29 March 1999, at the outbreak of the NATO intervention in the Kosovo War, Dervishi was reported to have been assassinated. In July of that year, it was confirmed that he was alive.

Literary works

Novels:
  • Pirgu i Lartë, 1972
  • Padrona, 1973
  • Skedarët, 1974
  • Herezia e Dervish Mallutës, 1981
  • Palimpsest për Dush Kusarin, 1993
Verse:
  • Nimfa, 1970
  • Shtëpia e Sëmurë, 1978
  • Thashë, 1981
Theatre plays:
  • Pranvera e Librave, 1990
  • Zhvarrimi i Pjetër Bogdanit, 1990
  • Kufiri me atdhe, 1996
  • Vojceku, 1996