The Korça Poetry Nights 2024, organized by the Public Library “Thimi Mitko” in Korça, concluded successfully.

This event brought together writers, poets, and literature enthusiasts from both the country and the world, for two evenings filled with poetry, music, and inspiring creativity. 

Poems, interpretations, and music merged to convey emotions that only art can evoke. Poetry enthusiasts experienced the magic of selected poetic verses during emotionally charged evenings under the canopy of the courtyard of the great Korça painter Vangjush Mio’s museum-house.

More than 30 poets and writers from Albania, the diaspora, and various countries such as Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Switzerland, etc., participated in this poetry contest. The most important prize in this competition was received by the writer Besnik Mustafaj. Similarly, the jury led by Entela Kasi selected among the best creations and poems of Mariana Gorčica, Laureate from Romania, Liridon Mulaj and Billi Runsell from Ireland.

The poet, translator, and literary critic from Slovenia, Barbara Pogacnik, was honored with the special award with the motivation “For the original perspective in conveying universal values through poetic narrative.”

At the conclusion of this event, an anthology containing the poems of all participating authors will be published, available in both Albanian and English.

This poetry festival has been held for 28 years in succession.The theme of this year’s Korça Poetry Nights was “A New Sun,” inspired by Asdreni, one of the greatest poets of the Albanian National Renaissance.

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