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Xhevdet Bajraj ( Serbo-Croat: ''Dževdet Bajraj''; 1960 – 22 June 2022) was an ethnic
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Kosovar
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and
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who resided in Mexico.


Biography

Born in the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Bajraj was granted
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in Mexico as a
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thanks to the International Parliament of Writers that offered him the options of France, Italy or Mexico. He fled the war in the Kosovo for a more peaceful
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
where he resided with his wife (a physician) and two children. Bajraj died on 22 June 2022 in
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
due to a brain tumor.


Books

*''El tamaño del dolor'' ("The size of the pain", 2005) *''Ruego albanés'' ("Albanian plea", 2000) *''Slaying the Mosquito,'' 2017


Screenplays

*''Aro Tolbukhin, en la mente del asesino'' ("Aro Tolbukin, in the mind of the assassin", 2002)


See also

*
Mexican literature Mexican literature is one of the most prolific and influential of Spanish-language literatures along with those of Spain and Argentina. Found among the names of its most important and internationally recognized literary figures are authors Oc ...
* Cinema of Mexico


References


External links


Bajraj
at the
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in Mexico
''Vine a aprender español y para leer a Octavio Paz''
("I came to learn Spanish and to read Octavio Paz"), article from '' El Universal''
Review
of ''Ruego albanés'' 1960 births 2022 deaths Deaths from lung cancer in Mexico Kosovan poets Kosovan screenwriters Mexican screenwriters Mexican male poets Yugoslav poets Mexican people of Albanian descent Mexican people of Kosovan descent Kosovan refugees 20th-century Mexican male writers {{Mexico-poet-stub