Adem Zaplluzha

Adem Zaplluzha (1 February 1943 – 9 November 2020) was a prolific Kosovan Albanian poet.

Biography Zaplluzha completed his primary and secondary education in his hometown, Prizren, and graduated from the School of Pedagogy at the University of Pristina. He worked as a teacher for a while in several villages near Prizren, then as a legal translator at the Kosovan Electricity Corporation, where he remained until the end of his career. He started writing and publishing literature from his childhood, with his first poem being published in 1957 in the Pionieri literary magazine. At the Kosovan Electricity Corporation, he co-founded the literary club Kosovan Poppies, which later published some of his works, most notably in the Ngjyra e Kohës (The colour of time) anthology. His works were published in a wide variety of literary and non-literary publications in Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia and Romania. He was a member of the Kosovan Writers Society.

In 2013, Zaplluzha was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Writers and Artists Club of Durrës, Albania. In the same year, the Albanian literary critic Fatmir Minguli published a collection of critical essays on his body of work in a book entitled Revoltë dhe meditim mbi poetikën e Adem Zaplluzhes.

Selected poems Zaplluzha extensive publication list includes the following: Puthje in Rilindja (Pristina), 1974 Ecjet e viteve të mëdha in Jeta e Re (Prinstina), 1995 Çamarrokët e Thepores in Shkëndija (Pristina), 1996 Muret in Jeta e Re (Prinstina), 1997 Morfologjia e dhembjes via Faik Konica (Prinstina), 2000 Letër nga mërgimi via Fahri Fazliu Publishing House (Kastriot), 2007 Udhëndarja via Fahri Fazliu Publishing House (Kastriot), 2008 Asgjë sikur molla via Fahri Fazliu Publishing House (Kastriot), 2009 Metafora e heshtjes via Fahri Fazliu Publishing House (Kastriot), 2010 Merre kodin via Kastriot Writers' Association (Kastriot), 2011 Më pëlqejnë mendimet e tua via Kastriot Writers' Association (Kastriot), 2012 Pyesni zogjtë në ikje via Fahri Fazliu Publishing House (Kastriot), 2013 Druri i pikëlluar via Fahri Fazliu Writers' Association (Kastriot), 2014 Përtej portave të mbyllura via TREND Publishing House (Prinstina), 2015 Kumritë prej deltine via TREND Publishing House (Prinstina), 2016 Më pritni te baladat e gurit via TREND Publishing House (Prinstina), 2017 Një stuhi prej bryme via TREND Publishing House (Prinstina), 2018 Kur kyçen yjet e harresës via TREND Publishing House (Prinstina), 2019 Mbetëm sërish në fillim via TREND Publishing House (Prinstina), 2020