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Irma Kurti

About Irma Kurti

Irma Kurti is an Albanian poet, writer, lyricist, journalist, and translator and has been writing since she was a child. She is a naturalized Italian and lives in Bergamo, Italy. All her books are dedicated to the memory of her beloved parents, Hasan Kurti and Sherife Mezini, who have supported and encouraged every step of her literary path. Irma Kurti has won numerous literary prizes and awards in Italy and Italian Switzerland. She was awarded the Universum Donna International Prize IX Edition 2013 for Literature and received a lifetime nomination as an Ambassador of Peace by the University of Peace, Italian Switzerland. In 2020, she became the honorary president of WikiPoesia, the encyclopedia of poetry. She is a member of the jury for several literary competitions in Italy. She is also a translator for the Ithaca Foundation in Spain. Irma Kurti has published 28 books in Albanian, 24 in Italian, 15 in English, and two in French. She has written approximately 150 lyrics for adults and children. She has also translated 17 books by different authors, and all of her own books into Italian and English. She is one of the most translated and published Albanian poets. Her books have been translated and published in 14 countries.

A Letter To Mom, By: Irma Kurti

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How are you, Mom? We haven’t talkedfor so long—I haven’t received any newsfrom you, but there are signs that I decipherlike your tracks, like a greeting from you. You promised me that you would comeand death would never separate us.All my days have been transformedinto a waiting with quick beats of my heart. Mother, I cannot come to you just now,as hundreds of … [Read more...] about A Letter To Mom, By: Irma Kurti

Late, By: Irma Kurti

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You come late to dinner when my bodydraws along a dull and monotonous day,when it slowly dies, when my every cellis tired, when the minutes and the hourscrumble in my fingers like grains of sand. You come back late when I do not haveany desire to make you happy, when I’veshared all my sorrows with others, evenmore with myself, when I think that oneday, like a flower, our … [Read more...] about Late, By: Irma Kurti