Irma Kurti

Who is Irma Kurti?

Irma Kurti, a poet and writer was born on March 20, 1966 in Tirana, Albania. She graduated from the University of Tirana,in the English Department in 1988. She has worked as a teacher of English and later as a journalist in some newspapers, like “Mësuesi”, “Dita informacion” etc. In September 1997 she attended a one year course for the learning of Greek language and culture in the University of Athens, Greece. In this period she has participated in numerous courses of specialization for journalism and other issues in Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, USA.

Irma Kurti has begun writing poetries at an early age. In 1980 she won the first prize in the National Competition on the occasion of the 35-anniversary of the journal “Pionieri”. In 1989 she won the second prize among the young poets in the Competition organized by Radio-Tirana on the occasion of the 45- anniversary of the liberation of Albania.

Irma Kurti is one of the very few female poets in Albania that has contributed for a lot of years as a writer of the text songs. Her name is well known by the public because of participating in many song festivals and other important concerts. Many of her songs are honored with prizes and they are still unforgettable lyrics. In 1998 she launched a cassette and a CD with the most successful songs based on her poetries and the second musical CD with her texts was released in 2013.