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Founded on 10 July 1920, the National Library of Albania holds over a million items. The 2017 fire and 2018 flood are reminders that a country's written memory does not preserve itself.
Poetry and memoir worth reading
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Poetic Serenade: Lyric Poems
124 pages of poetry that joins Albanian traditions with a modern voice. For those who know that good poetry asks for time and reflection.
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Pilo Zyba is a poet, prose writer, fabulist, essayist and translator. He studied Albanian language and literature at the University of Tirana and psychology at the University of Athens.
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