Iliriana Sulkuqi (born 1951) is an

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n poet and journalist living in the United States. She was born in

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and studied at the

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. After completing her education, she served as an officer in the academy and as a journalist for the military press until 1995, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. She later worked for ''Drita'', a newspaper published by the Albanian Writers Union. Sulkuqi moved to

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in 2004. She manages the publication of the literary magazine ''Pelegrin'' (

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). She began to write while still young. Her work has appeared in various anthologies and been translated into English, Italian, Greek, Bulgarian, Romanian and Macedonian. She helped initiate and contributed to an anthology of writing by Albanian exiles entitled ''Perëndim i malluar'' (Waiting for the sunset). She is one of a number of Albanian poets who have written

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in Albanian. Sulkuqi is a member of the

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and the Albanian-American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Selected works

* ''Po plas'' (I'm fed up) (2009)

References

1951 births Living people Albanian expatriates in the United States 20th-century Albanian poets Albanian journalists Albanian women journalists People from Elbasan Albanian women poets 21st-century Albanian poets 20th-century Albanian women writers 21st-century Albanian women writers {{Albania-writer-stub

Selected works

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