Ali D. Jasiqi (born 1937 in

Junik Junik ( sq, Junik, sq-definite, Juniku; sr, Јуник, Junik) is a town located in Junik Municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Junik has 6,053 inhabitants, while the municipality has ...

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

) is a Kosovan-

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

writer.

Education

He attended schools in

and

Deçan Deçan, or Dečani sr-cyr, Дечани ; also in use Dečane sr-cyr, Дечане is a town and municipality in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of has 3,803 inhabitants, while the municipality has 40,019 inhabitants. Geog ...

Gjakovë Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest List of cities and towns in Kosovo, city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and District of Gjakova, Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while ...

, finishing in

Pristina Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...

. He graduated from the Philological Faculty in Albanian Language and Literature at the

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the K ...

Current

He continues to write for both printed and electronic media in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

, Macedonia and elsewhere. He lives in

with his wife Hasbije Jasiqi, son and daughter-in-law.

Annotations

External links

''Shenje ne lis'' available in the National Library of Australia collectionAli D. Jasiqi: Poezi Medimetesh Të ThellaAli D. Jasiqi Biography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jasiqi, Ali Kosovo Albanians Kosovan writers 1937 births Living people People from Junik