Gjergj Zheji
Gjergj Zheji (1926 – June 10, 2010) was a writer, translator, editor, sequence and folklore researcher, professor.
Life
Gergj Zheji is the son of Spiro Ballo originally from
Gjergj was graduated from "Qemal Stafa" High School and further he followed biennial Pedagogical Institute in Tirana. He worked as a teacher in "Petro Nini Luarasi" High School, editor on criticism sector of the "November" Magazine of the League of writers and Artists. Then as librettist in Theater of Opera and Ballet. Start working as a lecturer at the Faculty of History and Philology, as a professor and rector of the Academy of Fine Arts. He founded the publishing house "Plejad".
Work
Zheji has made significant contributions in several areas, and was the first researcher who conducted a monograph on the life of Andon Zako Çajupi.
Among the literary works translated by George Zheji, mentioned "Rinoceronti" by Eugène Ionesco, "Tales of Tsar Sultan" by Alexander Pushkin, "Metaphysics of love" from Arthur Schopenhauer, "Existentialism is a humanism" of Jean-Paul Sartre, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" of Mark Twain, etc. He has given a great contribution to many anthology books of modern Albanian literature and beyond, to Reading Literature.
Publishing
- Muret e Krujës (Kruja Walls)
- Rusha
- Pupagjeli and his friends, with illustrations by Zef Bumçi.
- Fundamentals of Albanian sequence
Sources
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