For the first time, an Albanian Literature Festival is coming to Milan, Italy, on May 18-19, 2024.

“FjalaFest” will bring together Albanian authors in a discussion on literature, history, literary tradition, translation, the art of reading, organized by Albania Letteraria, Slow Mill and “Dora e Pajtimit” and financed by the Book and Reading Center, IOM and the Cariplo Foundation.

This festival will award the best translation from Albanian to Italian realized in the period 2021-2023.

The head of the jury of this first edition is a respected name in the world of letters, Matteo Mandalà, professor at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy of the University of Palermo, as well as one of the most respected contemporary Albanologists.

Mandalà is also an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences in Albania since 2016 and of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo since 2017, and is the author of several books and essays.

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