Martin Camaj

Martin Camaj was an Albanian writer, who wrote mainly poetry, fiction as well as academic work on the Albanian language and its dialects. His first two books of poetry were published in Belgrade, at the time he was studying. He later worked as a professor of Albanian at the Sapienza University of Rome and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is regarded as one of the major authors of modern Albanian prose. His novel Rrathë is considered to be the first psychological novel written in Albanian. He also wrote Djella, Shkundullima, and Karpa, among other works. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania and received several awards for his literary and scientific contributions. He died in Lenggries, Bavaria, Germany, on 12 March 1992. [1](^1^) [2](^2^)