Azem Shkreli

Azem Shkreli
Born(1938-02-10)February 10, 1938
DiedMay 27, 1997(1997-05-27) (aged 59)
OccupationPoet, literary critic
LanguageAlbanian
NationalityYugoslavian
Alma materUniversity of Pristina
Notable worksThe White Caravan 1961
I Know a Word of Stone 1969

Azem Shkreli (Albanian pronunciation: [a'ʒɛm 'ʃkɾɛli]; Serbo-Croatian: Азем Шкрељи, Azem Škrelji; 10 February 1938 – 27 May 1997) was a Yugoslavian writer, poet, director and producer of Albanian ethnicity. He was head of the Kosovo Writers' Association, president of the Association of Writers of Yugoslavia, manager of the National Theatre of Kosovo (then People`s Provincial Theatre) in Pristina and founder and manager of Kosovafilm, a film production, distribution and screening company.