Ornela Vorpsi

Ornela Vorpsi (3 August 1968, Tirana), is an Albanian writer and photographer.^[1][2][3] Vorpsi studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan,^[4] and has been living and working in Paris since 1997.^[5] In 2012 she was named one of the 35 best writers of Europe in Best European Fiction by Aleksander Hemon and Zadie Smith.^[6]

Novels

• 2001 – Nothing Obvious^[7][8]
• 2003 – The Country Where One Never Dies^[9][10][4]
• 2006 – Pink Glass
• 2007 – The hand that does not bite
• 2010 – Drink Cocoa van Houten!^[8]
• 2012 – Fuorimondo^[11]
• 2015 – Travel Around the Mother

References

1. AlĂš, G.; Pedri, N. (2015). Enlightening Encounters: Photography in Italian Literature. Toronto Italian Studies. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-4807-4. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
2. "Vorpsi prend corps.". Libération.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
3. SAVIGNEAU, JOSYANE. "Ornela Vorpsi : éclats de mémoire d'une exilée". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
4. "Ornela Vorpsi: me, Albania and the 'whoring of the human race'". Cafebabel. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
5. GazetaExpress. "Ornela Vorpsi: "Nuk dua të kthehem më kurrë në Shqipëri"". gazetaexpress.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
6. "Tirana International Literature Festival". Tirana International Literature Festival. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
7. Vorpsi, Ornela (2001). Nothing obvious. Zurich New York New York City: Scalo Distributed in North America by D.A.P. ISBN 3-908247-32-2.
8. "Kosovo 2.0 – Ornela Vorpsi: Creativity is her home". kosovotwopointzero.com. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
9. Jeff Waxman. "Ornela Vorpsi's "The Country Where No One Ever Dies"". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
10. Vorpsi, Ornela (2009). The country where no one ever dies. Champaign Ill: Dalkey Archive Press. ISBN 1-56478-568-8.
11. Vorpsi, Ornela (2012). Fuorimondo : storia di una ragazza di oggi (in Italian). Torino: Einaudi. ISBN 88-06-21015-7.