Poetryzine Magazine presents two books by Irma Kurti
“LOVE, YOU DON'T KNOW”
Published by Ukiyoto Publishing House
The poetry collection Love, You Don’t Know contains 70 poems that are divided into four parts: “In a Meadow of Dreams” “The Magic of Love” “Pain” and “My Sky of Melancholy.” The poems reveal emotions and sensations in different moments of my life: joy and happiness, melancholy and despair. This book is like a diary in verses. There are poems dedicated to love and its nuances: light and shadows. There are cloudy days of melancholy, but there is also an attempt to live another different day, to pursue and find happiness.
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Written by Hasan Kurti, translated into English by Irma Kurti
Published by Poetry Planet Book Publishing House
The quotes and aphorisms in the following pages are taken from the diary of my father and from the book “The memories of a doctor. They show my father’s testimony, his will, and perseverance, his courage to live life and smile until his last breath, despite the many adversities that waylaid him.
On every paragraph, on every line and word, I have heard his voice. I hope you can hear it too!
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*Irma Kurti is an Albanian poetess, writer, lyricist, journalist, and translator. She is a naturalized Italian. She has been writing since she was a child. In 1980, she was honored with the first national prize on the 35th anniversary of the Pionieri magazine for her poem “To my homeland”. In 1989, she won the second prize in the National Competition organized by Radio Tirana on the 45th anniversary of the Liberation of Albania.
Kurti has won numerous literary prizes and awards in Italy and Italian Switzerland. She was awarded the “Universum Donna” International Prize IX Edition 2013 for Literature and the lifetime nomination of “Ambassador of Peace” by the University of Peace of Italian Switzerland. In 2020, she received the title of Honorary President of WikiPoesia, the Encyclopedia of Poetry.
Irma Kurti has published 25 books in Albanian, 17 in Italian and 7 in English. She has written about 150 lyrics for adults and children, including in Italian and English. She is also the translator of 10 books of different authors and of all her books in Italian and English. She lives in Bergamo, Italy.