11.03.23
Events
HAXHI YMER LUTFI PAÇARIZI: REVOLUTIONARY POEMS
Pykë/Presje is pleased to invite you to the launch of the book Haxhi Ymer Lutfi Paçarizi: Revolutionary Poems, a book that brings together three revolutionary poems of Lutfi Paçarizi (1870-1928), one of Prizren's most influential poets. Paçarizi was, at the same time, the leader of the Prizren Melami Sufi Order. Three of the poems were written in 1920 in order to support the socialist movements in Kosovo and Macedonia, in the Turkish language with the Ottoman alphabet, and the longest one, “To my Workers’ and Peasants’ Brothers” was published in a Skopje-based socialist newspaper called ‘Socialist Fecri’ (Socialist Dawn). The volume also includes excerpts taken from Tacida Hafiz’ master thesis on Paçarizi, an intro, a bibliography, and comprehensive annotations to the poem by Sezgin Boynik and Tevfik Rada. The Albanian translation of the book, including the new translations of the poems, was realized by Blerta Haziraj.
The event will take place on Saturday, March 11 at 19.00 at Kino Armata where you can find other Pykë/Presje publications including ‘Albanian Summer’ and newly produced prints.
A special thanks to Ott Kagovere for the design of the book!
This publication is supported by Foundation for Arts Initiatives.