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Fatos Lubonja (born 1951) is an
Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...
n writer and dissident.


Life

Lubonja was born in 1951. He attended the
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for his education. Lubonja was in jail from 1972 to 1991 as a political prsioner. He suffered a
nervous breakdown A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. A mental disorder is ...
while serving his sentence. He is an outspoken critic of Albanian socio-political factors, i.e.
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leader
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,
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leader
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, former KLA leader
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, the
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, and
Ismail Kadare Ismail Kadare (; 28 January 1936 – 1 July 2024) was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. He was a leading international literary figure and intellectual, focusing on poetry until the publication of his first novel ...
. Lubonja works for '' Përpjekja'' (Endeavour), which was founded by him in 1994. In 1997, he received the prize "Archivio Disarmo - Golden Doves for Peace" from IRIAD. Lubonja received the SEEMO Award for Mutual Cooperation in South East Europe in 2004. He wrote about communism with '' The Last Massacre''. His book " False Apocalypse" was translated into English and published in London by
Istros Books Istros books is a London-based independent publisher of writers from South-East Europe and the Balkans, in English translation. It was set up in 2011 by Susan Curtis. Publications Notable publications include: *''Doppelgänger'' by Daša Drndić ...
in 2014.


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Përpjekja back issues
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