Albanian Authors

Olimbi VELAJ

Olimbi Velaj (b. 1971) was born in Mallakastra in the mountains of southern Albania. She studied in Tirana and Sofia and has worked as a journalist. Velaj is the author of the lyric volumes Çastet vdesin nën akrepa oresh (Moments Perish under the Hands of Clocks), Tirana 1998; and Qenia pasdite (Afternoon Existence), Tirana 2003.