“After each award, I can’t help but feel the same emotions as I did the first time around,” – this is how writer, Virgjil Muci described the decision of the 2021 Book Fair jury to present him with the Best Author of the Year Award, for his novel ‘My tongue is to blame or Fajin ma ka Gjuha’.
Muci told Euronews Albania that his relationship with folkloric prose is an old love story – a relationship, which has been getting richer over the years, inspiring him to be all the more productive.
“My ambition is to move on from short proses to something bigger, like a saga or a novel,” – said the renowned writer, while commenting on his three books, ‘Albanian fairytales 100+1 nights/ Përralla Shqiptare 100+1 netë’, ‘Eroticon and Satyricon/ Erotikon e Satirikon’ and ‘My tongue is to blame, Fajin ma ka gjuha’.
The writer gave special thanks to the National Reading Center, which dedicated an entire event to one of his stories during the month of October, as well as professor Adrian Kapo – who is the man behind the illustrations of these three books.
Muci went on to describe his methodology when writing fairytales for the Albanian public, saying that one of his major inspirations has definitely been the Italian writer, Italo Calvino.
“Figuratively speaking, I would say that Calvino has taken me by the hand and led me through this magical world,” – said Muci, adding that he feels much gratitude for the great Italian writer.
According to Muci, the narration of tales through the years has been a craft of sophisticated minds and extraordinary talent, which transcends the very definitions that are often attributed to them as an act of anachronism.
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