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Biography

Kristaq Turtulli is born in Korca, Albania, on November 18, 1954, from a noble family of patriots and aristocrats. His love for art started at an early age with poetry. His early works were published some of the country’s most famous newspapers and won several national awards. Turtulli successfully completed his bachelor degree in Literature and Journalism. Throughout his career, he has worked as a journalist for the following newspapers and magazines: “Focus” a national magazine, “The Democratic Renaissance”, “Albania”, and “Korca-Democratic”, daily newspapers. In 1990, he was appointed vice-president of the writer’s association “The New World”, a position he held until he left for Canada in 2000. He was the creator and editor-in-chief of “The New World” magazine, an artistic bi-weekly magazine. Turtulli was also the vice-president of the association “Korca-Tradition-Progress”. This group organized an annual event called “The Poetry Nights”, which invited writers and artists from Albania, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Italy, and awarded prizes.

Kristaq Turtulli has published a series of short stories and novels, some of which have been awarded with national awards. They are:

“Mother” 1981, novel (Winner of “The Best Novel of the Year” award by the National Writer‘s Association) “The Adventures of Bear Topic”, 1988, children’s stories

“Ana”, novel, 1989 (Recipient of the “Naim Frasheri” award)

“The Bear’s shadow”, novel, 1996

“The Inn with two doors” novel, 1997 (Winner of “The Best Novel of the Year” award by the National Writer‘s Association)

“What is life worth!” novel, 2003

“Lonely voices” novel, 2007

Kristaq Turtulli moved to Canada in January 2000. A Canadian citizen, he has lived and worked in Toronto ever since. He continues his artistic work and has two more manuscripts waiting to be published.

For more information, please visit http://kristaqturtulli.com