Mimoza Ahmeti

Mimoza Ahmeti (born in Kruje, Albania in 1963), one of the ‘enfants terribles’ of the nineties, is among the most prominent of contemporary Albanian poets, and perhaps the most well-known female Albanian poet. Her most popular and critically acclaimed book is the collection of 53 poems Delirium, published in 1994. Her most recent book is The Pollination of Flowers. Ahmeti has published widely and her books have been translated into Italian, French and English. Although best-known for her poems, she has also written short stories and articles. She has ventured into the musical field, participating in several Albanian music festivals, as well as painted a series of nudes. Ahmeti was a candidate for the Democratic Party in the 2001 local Tirana elections, in which she was defeated.

Ahmeti won in the Festival of Poetry of San Remo, 1998, organized by RAI UNO.

References

• A portal to Ahmeti's poetry, prose, and an extended biography
• Entry in The Other Voices International Project, a "cyber-anthology" of world poetry

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Name	Ahmeti, Mimoza
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Date of birth	1963
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