Iliriana Sulkuqi

Iliriana Sulkuqi (born 1951) is an Albanian poet and journalist living in the United States. She later worked for Drita, a newspaper published by the Albanian Writers Union. Sulkuqi moved to New York City in 2004. By 2010 she managed the publication of the literary magazine Pelegrin (Pilgrim).

Sulkuqi has published 17 books of poetry.

Sulkuqi is married with children; she also plays piano.

Selected works

Po plas (I'm fed up) (2009) POEZIA, ‘HARAÇI’ TJETËR PËR KOHËRAT (2010) Kujto poetin!: 1945-2010 : album poetik në kujtim të 40 poetëve që nuk jetojnë më, ndër të cilët pesë të ekzekutuar nga diktatura (with Kolec Traboini) (2011)

Awards Sulkuqi has received several awards including; First Prize for Love, in Balkan Poetic Days (2002) Special prize at the Balkan meeting "Days of Asdren" - Skopje (2005) First Prize - Branch of the League of Writers (2005) The Migjen Award - Michigan, U.S. (2007) Ali Asllani Award - the Albanian Embassy in Athens and the Club of Albanian Writers, for the poetic volume Poezi. The Golden Pen Award - awarded by the League of Albanian-American Writers

In 2011 Sulkuqi was awarded the title of "Outstanding Artist of the City" by the city of Elbasan; she was also named as 'Ambassador of Peace' by the World Federation for Peace (October 2011).