Ben Blushi
| Ben Blushi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Albanian parliament | |
|
Assumed office 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 January 1969 Tirana, Albania |
| Political party |
Socialist Party of Albania (2009-2016) LIBRA (2016- ) |
| Alma mater | University of Tirana |
Ben Blushi (born 1 January 1969 in Tirana) is an Albanian politician, writer and journalist.
Biography
Ben Blushi studied at the University of Tirana, graduating in Albanian language and literature. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Koha Jonë. His works deal with Albanian history and contemporary Albania. In April 2008, Ben Blushi published his first novel Të jetosh në ishull (Living on an Island). Within a couple of months, the book had sold over 30,000 copies, a record for the Albanian market. The novel covers Albanian history under the Ottoman Empire (15th–18th centuries), with a broad and not uncontroversial treatment of the country’s Islamization.[1][2] His second novel, Othello, The Moor of Vlora won the European Union Prize for Literature in 2014. His following novels The Candidate and The Prime Minister were the best selling books at the Tirana Book Fair in 2015 and 2016 respectively. [3] [4] Blushi is an atheist.[5]
Political Career
In 1999 embarked upon a political career in the cabinet of Prime Minister Fatos Nano. For several months he served as deputy minister of foreign affairs, and in late 2000 he became Prefect of Korça.
Blushi is currently a Member of Parliament of the LIBRA Party. He has former been a MP for the Socialist Party. He created LIBRA on October 2016.[6]
Novels
- Të Jetosh Në Ishull. Toena, Tirana 2008.
- Otello, Arapi i Vlorës. Toena, Tirana 2009.
- Shqipëria. Mapo Editions, Tirana 2011.
- Kandidati. UET, Tirana 2015. [7]
- KM: Kryeministri. Mapo Editions, Tirana 2016
Essays
- Hëna e Shqipërisë. UET, Tirana 2014.
Awards and honours
- European Union Prize for Literature, Albania, Otello, Arapi i Vlorës (Othello, the Moor of Vlora) [8]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
- ↑ "Blushi: Syndrome of the need to make Edi Rama a Premier, worry for the socialists". Albeu. 2 December 2011.
- ↑ http://opinion.al/kandidati-i-blushit-libri-me-shitur-i-panairit-tirana-2015/
- ↑ http://www.gazeta-shqip.com/lajme/2016/11/15/ben-blushi-autori-me-i-shitur-ne-panairin-e-librit/
- ↑ "OPINION – A NA KERCENON TERRORIZMI ISLAMIK ? – TV KLAN". Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ↑ http://english.albeu.com/news/news/ben-blushi-presents-his-new-party-libra/267971/
- ↑ http://www.shtepiaelibrit.com/store/sq/25__ben-blushi
- ↑ European Commission. "Winners of 2014 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt Book Fair - Press Release". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
