Uran Butka


Uran Butka is an Albanian writer, historian and politician. The son of Safet Butka and grandson of Sali Butka, he is one of the founding members of the National Association of Political Prisoners. Butka also served as a member of the Albanian Parliament from 1992 to 1997.

Life

After completing his pedagogical studies, Butka worked for 16 years as a teacher of linguistics and literature in the districts of Fier, Krujë and Tirana. Due to his family biography he was laid off from his job as a teacher and later worked as a painter at a shoe factory in Tirana. In 1961, he completed his correspondence studies at the University of Tirana. In 1976, along with his family, he was interned to Tropojë then later to Martanesh where he lived for 11 years in isolation, changing his profession and working as an accountant at the local village cooperative.
On the eve of the Fall of communism in Albania, Butka returned to Tirana where he took part in the democratic movements of the 1990s. In 1991, along with Kurt Kola and others he co-founded the National Association of Political Prisoners. He also served as editor-in-chief of newspaper "Liria" for a number of years. In 1991 he was appointed by the Tirana Pluralist Committee as a teacher and deputy director of "Ismail Qemali" gymnasium. He was elected member in the Albanian Parliament for the Democratic Party in two legislatures. During this period he also served as chairman of the Parliamentary Media and Culture Committee.
In 2005 he left politics and worked as a freelance journalist, writer and historian. He has written and published a series of books in the field of publicity, historical studies and artistic literature. Butka is married to Merjeme Pasmaçiu, a nephrologist. They have three children.

Work

Monographies and historical studies

Source:Ringjallje  Kthimi i Mid’hat Frashërit, jeta dhe veprat kryesore Mukja-shans i bashkimit, peng i tradhtisë Gjeniu i kombit, monografi historike Safet Butka, jeta dhe veprat Lufta civile në Shqipëri 1943–1945 Bombë në Ambasadën Sovjetike, botimi në anglisht 2014.Elita shqiptare Masakra e Tivarit Dritëhije të historisë
  • ''Kryengritjet e para kundërkomuniste''

Artistic literature

Source:Vdekja e bardhë, tregime, 2001Humbja nuk është mbarim, tregime, 2004Në shtëpinë tonë, tregime, 2008Miti i Haxhi Qamilit, roman, 2010Dora e shtetit, tregime Kristo Kirka, ese, nderuar me çmimin kombëtar "Penda e argjendtë”Më në fund të lirë, tregime

Movie screenplays and documentaries

Source:VentoteneLëvizja KryeziuPesë herë i dënuar politikKryengritja e Malësisë së MadheKryengritja e PostribësDy poetët martirëMallakastra siç ka qenëKryengritja e Dibrës më 1913Mid’hat Frashëri
  • ''Martirët''