Kim Mehmeti (1955)
a short story writer, essayist,
publicist, journalist. He writes and publishes in Macedonian and Albanian.
Translates from Albanian to Macedonian and vice versa. Short story
collections: (in Albanian) Pravot shto niknuva (The Dust that
Sprouts) 1986; Taguvanje (Sorrow) 1988; Bolero, Srekja (Fortune),
Sudbinata na Fatushe (Fatuse’s Destiny), Sobirachi na ovenati cvekjinja
(Gatherers of Drooping Flowers), Mesecheviot cvet (The Moon Flower); (in
Macedonian) Pomesteni rapsodii (Moved Rapsodies), 1989; Nachek
1991; Ribata Ekstazis (Extasis Fish) 1994; Mesechev cvet (The Moon
Flower). Novel. Sedum nokji taga (Seven Nights of Sorrow) in
Albanian and Macedonian, Seloto na prokolnatite deca (The Village of the
Cursed Children) 1998, in Macedonian. He has compiled the anthology
Albanian Short Stories, 1997. Awards: National Award for best
prose book in Albanian for his collection Fatushe’s Destiny.
¤ Kim Mehmeti:
Prisoner
