Ornela Vorpsi
Ornela Vorpsi | |
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| Born | August 3, 1968 Tirana, Albania |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Alma mater | Academy of Fine Arts of Brera |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, photographer |
| Family | Vorpsi family |
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Ornela Vorpsi (born 3 August 1968, Tirana), is an Albanian writer and photographer from the Vorpsi family in Tirana.[1][2][3] Ornela studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan,[4] and has been living and working in Paris since 1997.[5] An excerpt of her novel The Country Where One Never Dies was included in Best European Fiction 2010, edited by Aleksander Hemon and prefaced by Zadie Smith.[6]
Novels[edit]
- 2001 – Nothing Obvious[7][8]
- 2003 – The Country Where One Never Dies[9][10][4]
- 2006 – Pink Glass
- 2007 – The hand that does not bite
- 2010 – Drink Cocoa van Houten![8]
- 2012 – Fuorimondo[11]
- 2015 – Travel Around the Mother
References[edit]
- ^ AlĂš, G.; Pedri, N. (2015). Enlightening Encounters: Photography in Italian Literature. Toronto Italian Studies. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-4807-4. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Vorpsi prend corps". Libération.fr. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ SAVIGNEAU, JOSYANE. "Ornela Vorpsi : éclats de mémoire d'une exilée". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Ornela Vorpsi: me, Albania and the 'whoring of the human race'". Cafebabel. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ GazetaExpress. "Ornela Vorpsi: "Nuk dua të kthehem më kurrë në Shqipëri"". gazetaexpress.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Best European Fiction 2010". Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Vorpsi, Ornela (2001). Nothing obvious. Zurich New York New York City: Scalo Distributed in North America by D.A.P. ISBN 3-908247-32-2.
- ^ a b "Kosovo 2.0 – Ornela Vorpsi: Creativity is her home". kosovotwopointzero.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Jeff Waxman. "Ornela Vorpsi's "The Country Where No One Ever Dies"". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Vorpsi, Ornela (2009). The country where no one ever dies. Champaign Ill: Dalkey Archive Press. ISBN 978-1-56478-568-8.
- ^ Vorpsi, Ornela (2012). Fuorimondo : storia di una ragazza di oggi (in Italian). Torino: Einaudi. ISBN 978-88-06-21015-1.
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- 1968 births
- People from Tirana
- Albanian women writers
- 21st-century Albanian women writers
- 21st-century Albanian writers
- Albanian women artists
- Brera Academy alumni
- Living people
- Albanian photographers
- Albanian women photographers
- 21st-century novelists
- 21st-century photographers
- Albanian women novelists
- Albanian novelists
- Albanian expatriates in France
- Albanian artists
- 21st-century women photographers