Gazmend Kapllani
Gazmend Kapllani was born in 1967 in Lusnia, Albania. In January 1991 he crossed the border into Greece on foot. In Greece he worked as a builder, a cook, and a kiosk attendant, while also studying at Athens University and completing a doctorate on the image of Albanians in the Greek press and of Greeks in the Albanian press. He now writes a twice-weekly column for Ta Nea, Greece’s biggest daily newspaper.
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A Short Border Handbook (First Hardback Edition)
An exhilarating and blackly funny exploration of migration and borders from an Albanian who grew up in Hoxha’s madhouse, longing to cross to Greece, only to find another seam of absurdities and disappointments on his eventual arrival.
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Recent Related Events
Gazmend Kapllani at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Sunday 30th August 2009 at 11.00am
Gazmend Kapllani will be speaking about his memoir, A Short Border Handbook, with Christopher de Bellaingue at The Edinburgh International Book Festival, Charlotte Square Gardens, on Sunday 30th August 2009 at 11.00am.
Gazmend Kapllani at the Southbank Centre on Sunday 17th May 2009 at 3pm
Gazmend Kapllani is talking about his book, A Short Border Handbook at the Southbank Centre on Sunday 17th May 2009 at 3pm
