Bilal Xhaferri Publishing House (BXhPH) , in Albanian: ''Shtëpia Botuese "Bilal Xhaferri"'', is the first publishing institution of the democratic era, after 1990, when the communist dictatorship in Albania collapsed. It is owned by Shefki Hysa.

History

Bilal Xhaferri Publishing House was established by a group of Albanian writers, journalists and intellectuals who represented the free thought and supported the Albanian and Balkans dissident literature, the American-English literature and the literary and artistic trends that propagated peace and prosperity around the world. This new publishing institution took the name of the dissident writer

Bilal Xhaferri Bilal Xhaferri (1935 – 1986) was an Albanian writer and political dissident against the Albanian communist regime. He is seen as the representative poet of the Albanian Chameria. Biography Bilal Xhaferri was born on 10 May or 2 November 193 ...

Activity

Bilal Xhaferri Publishing House started the activity of publishing the literary works of the dissident

such as the romance "Bloody Love" ( sq, Dashuri e përgjakur) and the novel "Krastakraus", a novel which was dedicated to the figure of

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. Bilal Xhaferri Publishing House continued its publications with selected works of other Albanian dissident writers such as

Pjetër Arbnori Pjetër Filip Arbnori (18 January 1936 – 8 July 2006) was an Albanian gulag survivor. He was dubbed "the Mandela of the Balkans" by Albanian statesmen because of the length of his 28-year internment. He was born in Durrës, on the Adriatic coa ...

, Bilal Xhaferri, Namik Mane and Kasem Trebeshina, and the translation and publication of world-known authors like Alfred de Musset,

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wide ...

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

W. Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham ( ; 25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German un ...

Katherine Mansfield Kathleen Mansfield Murry (née Beauchamp; 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a New Zealand writer, essayist and journalist, widely considered one of the most influential and important authors of the modernist movement. Her works are celebra ...

Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including " Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Bri ...

, etc.
In collaboration with organizations

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such as Albanian League of Writers and Artists, and Bilal Xhaferri Cultural Association, and international organizations such as Diplomatic Mission Peace and Prosperity, Bilal Xhaferri Publishing House has published and continues to publish in Albanian and English also works of the activists of the protection of human rights and peace missionaries who have been devoted to the peace and prosperity in the Balkans and around the world. Bilal Xhaferri Publishing House publishes also the magazine " Krahu i Shqiponjës" (English: ''Eagle's Wing''), a bilingual magazine in Albanian and English published since 1 October 1974 in United States,

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Homepage of DMPP

Homepage of B.Xh.P.H.
Publishing companies established in 1992 Publishing companies of Albania Albanian literature

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