Dhimitër Orgocka (24 October 1936 – 1 January 2021) was an Albanian film and theater actor and director, and

People's Artist of Albania The People's Artist () was an honorary title for outstanding art performers of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, whose merits were exceptional in the sphere of development of the performing arts (theatre, music, cinema and art). It was ...

for his artistical merits.

Personal life

He was born in 1936 in

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, Albania, when Zog I was

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, and graduated in the Faculty of Albanian Language in the

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. He was married to

Dhorkë Orgocka Dhorkë Orgocka (25 October 1937 – 31 August 2002) was an Albanian actress. Biography She was born in Korçë. From the age of 16, she was active with the amateur troupe of Korca Theater as a dramatic and comic actress, as a singer as a dan ...

, a

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actress. He died of

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.Renown Actor and Director Orgocka Dies Age 85
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Working career

Orgocka started to work as a director right after school in the

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theater of Korçë, in which he has directed around 100

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s. His first role as an actor was that of Gjergj in the "Great Love" ( sq, Dashuria e madhe) drama from

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, whereas his first work as a director was that of "The house on the lane" ( sq, Shtëpia në rrugicë) from Teodor Laço. He has also acted in movies such as in "The Gramaphone General" ( sq, Gjeneral gramafoni), and "Nothing can be forgotten" ( sq, Asgjë nuk harrohet).

Awards

He was a recipient of the following national and international awards: *

* Best role for the monodrama Amok from

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(in the 8th Festival of Theaters in Kiev Ukraine, 2005) * Best role for the monodrama Amok from Stephan Zweig (in the Festival of International Theaters in Bitola and Macedonia, 2005). * Grand Prize

Sulejman Pitarka Sulejman Pitarka (1924–2007) was an Albanian actor, writer, and playwright originally from Debar. His family moved to Durrës, Albania, when he was five. His brother was Bashkim Pitarka, who became an Albanian diplomat. He was active in film ...

for directing the drama "Dhëndër për Kristinën" of Skënder Demollit in the 5th festival of the Albanian Theaters (in Macedonia, "

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2006"). * Cup of Festival for the monodrama Amok from Stephan Zweig (in the international festival of Monodramas në Vroslav, Poland 2007)

Recognition

In 2007, The House of Culture of

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was named after him, "Dhimitër Orgocka House of Culture".

References

External links

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The New York Times Movies
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