Uran Butka

Uran Butka (born 2 December 1938) is an Albanian writer, historian and politician. The son of Safet Butka and grandson of Sali Butka, he is one of the founding members of the National Association of Political Prisoners. Butka also served as a member of the Albanian Parliament from 1992 to 1997.

Life After completing his pedagogical studies, Butka worked for 16 years as a teacher of linguistics and literature in the districts of Fier, Krujë and Tirana. Due to his family biography he was laid off from his job as a teacher and later worked as a painter at a shoe factory in Tirana. In 1961, he completed his correspondence studies at the University of Tirana. In 1976, along with his family, he was interned to Tropojë then later to Martanesh where he lived for 11 years in isolation, changing his profession and working as an accountant at the local village cooperative.

On the eve of the Fall of communism in Albania, Butka returned to Tirana where he took part in the democratic movements of the 1990s. In 1991, along with Kurt Kola and others he co-founded the National Association of Political Prisoners. Ringjallje (1995) Kthimi i Mid’hat Frashërit, jeta dhe veprat kryesore (1997) Mukja-shans i bashkimit, peng i tradhtisë (1998) Gjeniu i kombit, monografi historike (2000) Safet Butka, jeta dhe veprat (2003) Lufta civile në Shqipëri 1943–1945 (2006) Bombë në Ambasadën Sovjetike (2008), botimi në anglisht 2014. Elita shqiptare (2009) Masakra e Tivarit (2013) Dritëhije të historisë (2012) Kryengritjet e para kundërkomuniste (2013)

Artistic literature Source: Vdekja e bardhë, tregime, 2001 Humbja nuk është mbarim, tregime, 2004 Në shtëpinë tonë, tregime, 2008 Miti i Haxhi Qamilit, roman, 2010 Dora e shtetit, tregime (2010) Kristo Kirka, ese (2012), nderuar me çmimin kombëtar "Penda e argjendtë” Më në fund të lirë, tregime (2013)

Movie screenplays and documentaries Source: Ventotene Lëvizja Kryeziu Pesë herë i dënuar politik Kryengritja e Malësisë së Madhe Kryengritja e Postribës Dy poetët martirë Mallakastra siç ka qenë Kryengritja e Dibrës më 1913 Mid’hat Frashëri Martirët