Twelve foreign publishing houses have applied to the Albanian Literature Translation Fund in other languages.

Every year, the National Center of the Book and Reading supports the translation of 6 Albanian works into foreign languages.

In this edition of the fund, publishing houses from beyond Europe have also applied, such as the Egyptian publishing house “Al Arabi Publishing and Distributing,” which has published in Arabic the novel “The Waltz of Happiness” by the writer Ylljet Aliçka.

Another book of his, “Stories of Ordinary People,” has been published in Italian by “Lit Edizioni.”

The book of the writer Ismail Kadare, “The Daughter of Agamemnon,” translated by Vasilij Tyhin, has been published in the Russian language by Ivan Limbakh Publications, while “The General of the Dead Army” has been published by the publishing house “Bora Babic,” with the translation by the renowned Esad Mekuli.

Other well-known names of Albanian literature that have been published in foreign languages ​​include: Arian Leka, Ledia Dushi, Namik Dokle, Shemsi Mehmeti, Maklena Nika, Olimbi Velaj, Manjola Nasi, and Artur Spanjolli.

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