Din Mehmeti (1932 – 12 November 2010) was an Albanian poet from

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. He was among the best-known classical representatives of contemporary verse in Kosovo.

Career

Mehmeti was born in 1932 in Gjocaj, Junik, near

Gjakova Gjakova or Đakovica, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the sixth largest city of Kosovo and seat of the Gjakova Municipality and the District of Gjakova, Gjakova District. According to the 2024 census, the municipality of Gjakov ...

, and attended the

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for

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and literature.

Bibliography

*Në krahët e shkrepave (1961) *Rini diellore (1966) *Dridhjet e dritës (1969) *Heshtja e kallur (1972) *Fanar në furtuna (1981) *Agu, dramë (1982) *Prapë fillimi (1996) *Klithmë është emri im (

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, 2002) *Mos vdis kur vdiset (2001)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mehmeti, Din Kosovan poets 1932 births University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni 2010 deaths People from Junik Writers from Gjakova Kosovo Albanians Albanian-language poets 20th-century Albanian poets