Ornela Vorpsi
Ornela Vorpsi (born 3 August 1968, Tirana), is an Albanian writer and photographer from the Vorpsi family in Tirana. Ornela studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, and has been living and working in Paris since 1997. An excerpt of her novel The Country Where One Never Dies was included in Best European Fiction 2010, edited by Aleksander Hemon and prefaced by Zadie Smith.
Ornela Vorpsi
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- Name
- Ornela Vorpsi
- Born
- 3 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Tirana, PR Albania
- Occupation
- Writer, photographer
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts of Brera
- Nationality
- Albania
- Fields
- photography · painting · literature
- Honours
- Prix Méditerranée des lycéens
- Languages
- Albanian · French · Italian
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Ornela Vorpsi (born 3 August 1968, Tirana), is an Albanian writer and photographer from the Vorpsi family in Tirana. Ornela studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, and has been living and working in Paris since 1997. An excerpt of her novel The Country Where One Never Dies was included in Best European Fiction 2010, edited by Aleksander Hemon and prefaced by Zadie Smith.
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Ornela Vorpsi studied at Brera Academy, Paris 8 University and University of Arts (Albania). The recorded working language is Albanian, French and Italian. The field of work recorded is photography, painting and literature. Distinctions recorded are Prix Méditerranée des lycéens.
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• Name — Ornela Vorpsi • Born — 3 August 1968 • Birthplace — Tirana, PR Albania • Occupation — Writer, photographer • Family — Vorpsi family • Education — Academy of Fine Arts of Brera
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Novels
• 2001 – Nothing Obvious • 2003 – The Country Where One Never Dies • 2006 – Pink Glass • 2007 – The hand that does not bite • 2010 – Drink Cocoa van Houten! • 2012 – Fuorimondo • 2015 – Travel Around the Mother
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