Flora Brovina
Flora Brovina | |
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Acting Chairwoman of the Assembly of Kosovo | |
In office 17 July 2014 – 8 December 2014 | |
President | Atifete Jahjaga |
Preceded by | Jakup Krasniqi |
Succeeded by | Kadri Veseli |
Flora Brovina (born 30 September 1949) is a
Kosovo war
As the political situation in Kosovo deteriorated in the 1990s, and fighting broke out, Brovina ran a health clinic in Pristina in which she distributed health care information on matters as diverse as snake bites, dressing wounds and delivering babies. She also used the centre to shelter a number of orphaned children, many of whom had lost their parents during the fighting and expulsions. She and her fellow workers took care of as many as 25 children at a time.
On 20 April 1999 during the
Writing
As a writer, Flora Brovina is the author of three volumes of lyric verse. The first collection, Verma emrin tim (Call me by my name), containing 42 verses, was published in Pristina in 1973 when she was a mere twenty-four years old. Six years later, in 1979, the collection Bimë e zë (Plant and voice) followed. It is in this collection that some of the main themes of Brovina's poetry crystallize. Conspicuous among them is the fate of women in society, and in particular the role of women as mothers, as life-givers and nurturers. It is here that births, umbilical cords, amniotic fluid and suckling breasts begin to make their appearance. Along with plants, these are perhaps the most ubiquitous symbols of her verse production. Her third and last collection of original verse, entitled Mat e çmat (With the tape it measures), was published in Pristina in 1995. Mat e çmat appeared at a time when Kosovo was obviously gravitating towards war. Though this third collection cannot be interpreted as political verse to any great extent, there are many poems in the volume which reflect her preoccupation not only with the problems and aspirations of individuals, but also with the fate of her people, with freedom and self-determination.
In 1999, Flora Brovina was recipient of the annual Tucholsky Award of the Swedish PEN Club, a prize which has been awarded to other writers of note such as
Despite this international recognition, it is curious to note that, as a poet, Flora Brovina has never been part of the literary establishment of Kosovo, nor has her verse found its way into the mainstream of contemporary Albanian literature.[citation needed] A collection of her verse has appeared in English in "Flora Brovina, Call me by my Name, Poetry from Kosova" in a bilingual Albanian-English Edition, translated by Robert Elsie, New York: Gjonlekaj 2001.
Politics
After Kosovo was proclaimed independent, Flora Brovina ran for the
See also
- Rreze Abdullahu
- Mimoza Ahmeti
- Lindita Arapi
- Klara Buda
- Diana Culi
- Elvira Dones
- Musine Kokalari
- Helena Kadare
- Irma Kurti
References
- ^ "Presidential battle in Kosovo". CNN. 2001-11-19. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ Flora Brovina on the homepage of the Assembly of Republic of Kosovo
- ^ First Legislation Period (17.11.2001 - 23.11.2004)
- ^ Second Legislation Period (23.11.2004 - 12.12.2007)
- ^ Third Legislation Period (13.12.2007 - 03.11.2010)
- ^ Fourth Legislation Period (12.12.2010 - 07.05.2014)
- ^ Fifth Legislation Period (17.07.2014-)
Sources
- Mcgwire, Scarlett (2001-11-15). "Kosovo's first lady". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
- "Kosovar Pediatrician Flora Brovina Released from Prison". Archived from the original on 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2006-06-07.
- "Presidential battle in Kosovo". CNN. 2001-11-19. Retrieved 2006-06-07.