Natasha Lako (born 13 May 1948) is an Albanian poet and novelist. She belongs to the country's first generation of women writers.
Lako studied political science at
Tirana University
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, specializing in journalism. She has also worked at the New Albania Film Studios in
Tirana
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.
Together with
Diana Çuli and
Helena Kadare
Helena "Elena" Kadare (; born 21 September 1943) is an Albanian screenwriter, translator and author of short stories and novels. One of the latter, 1970's ''Një lindje e vështirë'', is the first novel by a woman to have been published in Alba ...
, she was one of the few women writers during the Albanian communist regime. From 1991 to 1993, she was elected as a member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
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in the coalition government. In 1997, she became the first director of the Albanian Film Archives, working there for a number of years.
Lako, who has also worked as a screenwriter, is married to the Albanian actor and film director Mevlan Shanaj. They have two children, Hera and Joni.
Works
;Poetry
*1972: ''Marsi brenda nesh'' (March within us)
*1979: ''E para fjalë e botës (The world's first word)
*1984: ''Këmisha e pranverës'' (The spring shirt)
*1986: ''Yllësia e fjalëve'' (Constellation of words)
*1990: ''Natyrë e qetë'' (Quiet nature)
*1995: ''Thesi me pëllumba'' (The bag of doves) Perkthim i Tomas Transtromer ( dy ribotime) Qielli pergjysem dhe Perandoria e barit Lekura e ujit- Permbledhje poetike
2016 Kunderperfyterimi
;Novels
*1977: ''Stinët e jetës'' (The seasons of life). Esse Energjia filmike 15 films screenplay
References
External links
English translations of Lako's poetry from Robert Elsie's Albanian Literature in Translation
1948 births
Living people
20th-century Albanian poets
Albanian women novelists
Albanian novelists
Albanian women writers
Writers from Korçë
Albanian women poets
University of Tirana alumni
21st-century Albanian poets
20th-century Albanian women writers
21st-century Albanian women writers
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