Ndoc Gjetja (March 9, 1944 – June 7, 2010) was an

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n poet. He was born in

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near

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in north Albania, but moved to

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at a young age. His poetry collections include ''Rrezatim'' (Radiance) of 1971, followed by ''Shqiponja rreh krahët'' (The eagle flounces) of 1975, ''Qëndresa'' (Resistance) of 1977, ''E përditshme'' (Daily) of 1982, ''Çaste'' (Moments) of 1984, ''Poezi'' (Poetry) of 1987, ''Kthimet'' (The comebacks) of 1991, and ''Dhjata ime'' (My Testament) of 1998.
Gjetja's philosophy was "even though I have published seven poetry collections, I consider myself the author of a single one, which would be materialized as a selection of the best poetries I managed to create".
He is considered a

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poet.
Gjetja served also for 13 years as

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of the ''Skena dhe ekrani'' (The scene and the screen), an art magazine which used to come during the

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.
He would settle later in

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, where he died in 2010 after a long illness.

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(in Albanian) 1944 births 2010 deaths 21st-century Albanian poets 20th-century Albanian poets Writers from Shkodër Albanian magazine editors {{Albania-writer-stub