Lindita ARAPI

1996
  • Europe
  • Southern Europe
  • Albania
Albanian

Lindita ARAPI began publishing poetry in literary magazines in 1989; her first poetry collection, Kufome Lulesh, appeared in 1993, and it received first prize at the Puglia Albania competition. Her volume of poems, Ndodhi ne Shpirt, was published in Tirana in 1995. She has taken part in various poetry competitions, and is a member of the League of Writers and Artists of Albania. She is a literature graduate from the University of Tirana and is currently manager for the poetry program sponsored by the Soros Foundation. Ms. Arapi will assume her IWP fellowship in November. Her residency at the IWP is provided by ArtsLink/Citizen Exchange Council.

Happening Now

  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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