The great writer of Albanian literature, Naum Prifti, has passed away at the age of 91.<\/p>\n
Known also as a screenwriter, essayist, playwright, and an important figure in Albanian literature and culture, Prifti had been living in the United States since 1991.<\/p>\n
Born in Rehova, Kolonja, he initially studied medicine and worked as a medical assistant at the Sanatorium in Kor\u00e7a.<\/p>\n
However, his passion for literature led him to continue his studies in Albanian Language and Literature at the University of Tirana.<\/p>\n
He worked as an editor for magazines \u201cHosteni\u201d and \u201cYlli\u201d, had a teaching career in Divjaka, was a theater inspector at the Ministry of Education and Culture, and also taught as an external professor of Albanian Literature at the University of Tirana.<\/p>\n
In 1991, he emigrated to the United States, where he was elected secretary of the Pan-Albanian Federation \u201cVatra\u201d and later became the chairman of the Albanian-American Writers\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n
Naum Prifti has won numerous awards for his literary works, including volumes of short stories, novels, children\u2019s literature, humor, and film scripts.<\/p>\n
In 2001, he was honored by the Ministry of Culture and the Writers\u2019 Union with the \u201cSilver Feather\u201d award for the volume of legends \u201cThe Mother of the Sun\u201d (\u201cN\u00ebna e Diellit\u201d).<\/p>\n
He also received the \u201cGolden Feather\u201d award for the volume of stories and humorous sketches \u201cNeither Mi\u00e7o, Nor Mu\u00e7o\u201d (\u201cAs Mi\u00e7o, as Mu\u00e7o\u201d) from the Albanian-American Writers\u2019 Association in New York, in 2003.<\/p>\n
For his extensive and continuous literary work of high artistic level, he was decorated by the Albanian Assembly with the Medal of Labor and the \u201cNaim Frash\u00ebri Order, II class\u201d.<\/p>\n
Naum Prifti left behind a diverse literary creation in various genres such as short stories, dramas, comedies, novels, film scripts, puppet theater pieces, animated film scripts, biographies, critical articles, journalism, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The great writer of Albanian literature, Naum Prifti, has passed away at the age of 91. Known also as a screenwriter, essayist, playwright, and an important figure in Albanian literature and culture, Prifti had been living in the United States since 1991. Born in Rehova, Kolonja, he initially studied medicine and worked as a medical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[2908,243,151,2906,2907],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n