Musine Kokalari
Musine Kokelari | |
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Kokalari in 1945 | |
| Born | Musine Kokalari 10 February 1917 Adana, Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey) |
| Died | 13 August 1983 (aged 66) Rrëshen, Albania |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Albanian |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Education | Literature |
| Alma mater | La Sapienza University |
| Notable works | "As my old mother tells me" (1941, Albanian: 'Siç me thotë nënua plakë); "Around the Hearth (1944, (Albanian: Rreth vatrës); "How life swayed" (1944, (Albanian: Sa u tund jeta...). |
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Musine Kokalari (10 February 1917 – 13 August 1983) was an Albanian prose writer and politician in Albania's pre-communist period. She was the founder of the Social-Democratic Party of Albania in 1943. Kokalari was one of the first published female writers of Albania. After a short involvement in politics during World War II, she was persecuted by the communist regime in Albania, and not allowed to write anymore. She died in poverty and complete isolation.