Ardian Vehbiu is an Albanian author and translator. He was born in

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in 1959 and now resides in

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. He is the author of 12

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and

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, as well as of a number of research papers in

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and

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. He is the winner of the 2009 "Gjergj Fishta" national non-fiction award with "Shqipja totalitare", (2009), as well as the winner of the 2014 "Ardian Klosi" non-fiction award, with "Sende që nxirrte deti", (2013). His writing is featured regularly in the Albanian press and has been translated in

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, English and

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. He has also translated several works from

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into Italian, as well as from Italian, French and English into Albanian.

Bibliography

Fiction

* ''Ndërhyrjet e zotit Shyti'' (Tiranë: Dudaj, 2016) * ''BOLERO'' (Tiranë: Dudaj, 2015) * ''Gjashtëdhjetë e Gjashtë Rrëfimet e Maks Gjerazit'' (Tiranë: K & B, 2010)

Non-fiction

* ''Sende Që Nxirrte Deti: Ese. '' (Tiranë: Dudaj, 2013) * ''Kundër Purizmit: Polemikë'' (Tirane: Dudaj, 2012) * ''Folklori i Elitave'' (Tiranë: Morava, 2009) * ''Fraktalet e Shqipes: Rrëgjimi i Gjeometrive të Standardit'' (Tiranë: Çabej, 2007) * ''Shqipja Totalitare: Tipare të Ligjërimit Publik në Shqipërinë e Viteve 1945-1990'' (Tiranë: Çabej, 2007) * ''Midis Zhgënjimit dhe Mitit: Realitete Amerikane'' (Tiranë: Max, 2007) * ''Kuzhinat e Kujtesës: Ese Kritike II'' (Elbasan: Sejko, 2006) * ''Zhargonet e Kombit: Ese Kritike I'' (Elbasan: Sejko, 2004) * ''Kulla e Sahatit'' (Tiranë: K & B, 2003) * ''La Scoperta Dell'Albania: Gli Albanesi Secondo i Mass Media (Co-written with Rando Devole, Milano, Paoline, 1996)

References

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