Mitrush Kuteli

Mitrush Kuteli
Kuteli in 1930
Born(1907-09-13)13 September 1907
Pogradec, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania)
Died4 May 1967(1967-05-04) (aged 59)
Tirana, PR Albania
Pen nameMitrush Kuteli, Janus, Dr. Pas, Izedin Jashar Kutrulija
OccupationEconomist, translator
Period1933-1967
GenreNovels, Translations
Notable worksNetë shqiptare (Albanian Nights), Ago Jakupi, Kapllan Aga of Shaban Shpata (Kapllan Aga i Shaban Shpatës), The Love of Artan the Barbarian (Dashuria e Barbarit Artan), Old Albanian Tales (Tregime të Moçme Shqiptare), Attack and Tears (Sulm e Lotë), and Songs and Cries from the Burned City (Këngë e Britma nga Qyteti i Djegur),
SpouseEfterpi Pasko née Skendi
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Dhimitër Pasko (Romanian: Dimitrie Pascu; 13 September 1907 – 4 May 1967) was a well-known Albanian writer, literary critic and translator. Along with Ernest Koliqi he is considered as the founder of modern Albanian prose; in Albanian literature his pen name for which he gained fame was Mitrush Kuteli.