Ludmilla Pajo (December 21, 1947 – August 25, 1995) was a
Moscow-born
Albanian
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writer and journalist.
Life
Ludmilla Pajo was born in
Moscow,
Soviet Union. Her parents (Ramiz Xhabija and Adile Xhabija) were pursuing their studies in Moscow at that time. Her father Ramiz was one of the most important engineers known in Albania and her mother Adile was an educator and women's rights activist. They returned to Albania when Ludmilla was 6 years old. She lived in
Kuçovë until the age of 18 when she moved to
Tirana to pursue her college degree in journalism.
As a young journalist she worked for the most important newspaper at the time in Albania, ''
Zëri i Popullit
''Zëri i Popullit'' ( en, Voice of the People) is an Albanian online newspaper. It was the official press organ of the Party of Labour and, later, of the Socialist Party of Albania, but it later ceased print publication and became an independe ...
''. Later she worked for the ''Ylli'' magazine until 1991. She worked for the
Ministry of Defence
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from 1991 to 1995 She died at the age of 47 and was survived by her husband and two children.
Pajo was also a spokesman for the
Ministry of Public Order.
She wrote 13 books for children and adults and numerous articles on the main journals and magazines in Albania. Her last book ''Waiting for You'' was published posthumously by her husband, Mezin Pajo, a Professor of Arts.
Major works
*''Sinqerisht'' (Sincerely) 1968;
*''Ditet e javes u zemeruan me Erindin'' (The days of week got angry at Erind);
*''Nje Kenge ne Pranvere'' (A Song in Spring);
*''Shoket e mi'' (My Friends);
*''Trima e te Vendosur (Vol. 5)'' (Brave and Courageous, Vol.5);
*''Pse humbi celesi?'' (Why did the key get lost?);
*''Dardardhja e madhe'';
*''Duke te Pritur Ty'' (Waiting for you).
References
Albanian women journalists
1947 births
1995 deaths
Journalists from Tirana
20th-century Albanian writers
Albanian women writers
Albanian children's writers
20th-century women writers
20th-century journalists
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