Vera Isaku (12 March 1955 - 22 July 2021) was an Albanian journalist, writer and director of institutions.
Life
Isaku graduated at 1979 in
University of Tirana
The University of Tirana ( sq, Universiteti i Tiranës, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the ''State University of Tirana'' in 1957 through merging of ...
, Faculty of
Albanian Linguistics and
Literature
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, one of the first women journalists of the first opposition newspaper in the end of Stalinism in Albania, the
Rilindja Demokratike
''Rilindja Demokratike'' ( en, Democratic Rebirth and short RD) is an Albanian newspaper founded and continuously published in Tirana. Rilindja Demokratike is the official newspaper of the Democratic Party of Albania. Its chief editor is Bledi Ka ...
. Vera Isaku held the position of deputy Director of
Albanian Radio and Television and the other position as a Director of International Center of Culture at the
Pyramid of Tirana
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. Isaku was the wife of the writer, diplomat and publicist
Agim Isaku, ambassador of the
Republic of Albania
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in
Bratislava
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,
Slovakia
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. Isaku lost her life as a result of an incurable disease, from which she suffered for a long time.
Books
* 2000 – "Bald Fates" – "Fate Tullace" ,
* 2002 – "Fate hang in
Biarritz
Biarritz ( , , , ; Basque also ; oc, Biàrritz ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. ...
" – "Në Biarritz rri fati" ,
* 2004 – "Good intentions" – "Qëllime të mira"
* 2007. - ''Shqipëtarët nuk e njohin grinë : publicistike'' Tiranë : Botimet "Isaku", ,
* 2008 – "Russian Ladies in Albania" – "Ruset ne Shqipëri"
See also
*
List of Albanians
This is a list of historical and living Albanians (ethnic Albanians or people of full and partial Albanian ancestry) who are famous or ''notable'', sorted by occupation and alphabetically.
Religious
Priests
* Dhimitër Frangu (1443 ...
(section writers)
*
List of Albanians
This is a list of historical and living Albanians (ethnic Albanians or people of full and partial Albanian ancestry) who are famous or ''notable'', sorted by occupation and alphabetically.
Religious
Priests
* Dhimitër Frangu (1443 ...
(section journalists)
*
List of Albanian writers
References
Bksh.al
External links
Gazeta Shqip botimeshqip.com
1955 births
Albanian journalists
Living people
University of Tirana alumni
Albanian women journalists
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