Valdete Antoni
VALDETE ANTONI was born on 13.10.1953 in Tirana, Albania.
She is one of the well known Albanian contemporary poet. Her poetry is lyric, intimate, full of feeling, sensitivity, thinking and symbolic.
Antoni was graduated with High Honours from the Tirana University, Faculty of Philology, Journalism Department on year 1975. She has been working for 32 years at the Tirana Radio, National Radio & Television (from 1977 and ongoing).
She is the author of many radio dramas, cycles of transmissions for art and culture. During her long experience as a journalist she has prepared, conducted programs and a noted number of transmissions regarding the history of the ancient civilization, history of arts and symbols. She has also published in the written media, a large number of articles for the art personalities, especially in figurative art, and has given interviews on press and televisions.
Mrs. Antoni is founder and ongoing member of the Albanian Forum of Journalists (2000). In such quality she has organized many workshops, for specialized culture and literacy journalism. On year 2000 she was awarded as the best Radio-Journalist of the Year, by the “VELIJA” Foundation.
She has published the following books: 1994 - “Dream in the wall“, poetry, published in Pristine, Kosovo; 1996 - “My wall has got a shirt”, poetry, published by “Toena”, Tirana; 1999 - “I saw my flight”, poetry, published by “Toena”, Tirana; This book has been awarded with the first prize from the Albania Association of Artists and Writers; 2002 - “Enter in God’s chest”, poetry, published by “Toena”, Tirana; 2005 - “Wasted in Light Pole" Selected poetry, book of poetry, published by “Toena”, Tirana;
Antoni's poetry cycles are published in the weekly literacy press and monthly culture magazines.
Please see: www.rtsh.al/index.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj1&kid=27 http://valdete-antoni.blogspot.com/ www.pro-helvetia.org.al/News.htm www.eurozine.com/journals/mehrlicht/issue/2008-07-29.html www.rapsodet.com/Poezi/poezi%20II.htm www.ndryshe.com/mat.php?idm=10313