Albania

Gjergj Fishta (1871–1940) The Highland Lute  (Lahuta e Malcís)  JolandaKodra (1910) (poetry) was an Albanian writer and translator, one of the first woman writers in the Albanian language, as well as a translator into the Italian language of the works of Albanian writers, such as Ndre Mjeda, Migjeni, Petro Marko, and Sterjo Spasse. Ismail Kadare (1936) Fatos Kongoli (1944) Elvira Dones (1960) Luljeta Lleshanaku (born 1968) Ornela Vorpsi (1968), left her home country at the age of 22, lived in Milan for six years and finally moved to Paris in 1997. The prose author, fine artist, photographer and video artist studied at the colleges of art in Tirana, Milan and Paris. She has participated in exhibitions of contemporary art, most recently "The Balkans crossroad the future" (2004, Bologna), "Blood & Honey" (2003, Vienna) and "Politique d'intérieur" (2002, Paris). In 2001, she published "Nothing obvious", a volume of her photographic works (Scalo Verlag, Zurich). This was followed by two books, written in Italian but first published in France "Le pays où l'on ne meurt jamais" (The country where one never dies, Actes Sud, 2004, translated into more than ten languages) and "Buvez du cacao Van Houten" (Drink Van-Houten Cocoa, Actes Sud, 2005). Ag Apolloni (1982) Manjola Nasi (1982) is a Tirana-based Albanian poet and translator, winner of Crystal Vilenica 2019 Award. 

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Robert Elsie (1950) was a Canadian-born German scholar who specialized in Albanian literature and folklore, being the author of numerous books and articles that focused on various aspects of Albanian culture and affairs.