Mimoza Ahmeti Biography

Mimoza Ahmeti (born 1963) is an Albanian writer. Born in Kruja, she has been described as one of the enfants terribles of the nineties. After two volumes of verse in the late eighties, the fifty-three poems in the collection Delirium, Tirana 1994 (Delirium), caught the public's attention. Mimoza Ahmeti's poetry has been well received by the new generation of readers in tune, for the first time, with Western culture.

Her most recent book is The Pollination of Flowers. Ahmeti has published widely and her books have been translated into Italian, French and English. Although best known for her poems, she has also written short stories and articles. She has ventured into music, participating in several Albanian music festivals, as well as painted a series of nudes.

Ahmeti was a candidate for the Democratic Party of Albania in the 2001 local Tirana elections, in which she was defeated.

Ahmeti won in the Festival of Poetry of San Remo, 1998, organized by RAI UNO. She also appeared in the second edition of the Albanian version of Dancing with the Stars.