IRMA KURTI Biography

Irma Kurti is an Albanian poetess, writer and journalist naturalized Italian. She is also well known as the lyrics writer of many famous Albanian songs. Her books have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Serbian and other languages. She has received numerous literary awards in Italy and Switzerland. In 2013, she won the IX Edition International Prize Universum Donna (equivalent to Woman of the Year) and the Ambassador of Peace nomination from the University of Peace in Lugano, Switzerland. In 2020, she received the title of Honorary President of WikiPoesia, the Italian Encyclopedia of Poetry. Irma Kurti has published twenty- one books in Albanian, fourteen in Italian, and four in English. She lives in Italy.