To read / 21 April 2026

urban elegy

Poetry

Author

Rei F. Hodo

Rei F. Hodo has completed higher education at the Bachelor’s and Master of Science levels in the field of ‘International Relations and Diplomacy,’ with a specialization in ‘Security Studies.’

 

He currently works at the ‘Jozef’ Publishing House in Durrës, the city where he was born and where he continues his professional activity and creative work.

 

In 2021, he published his first poetry collection titled Intimitete Poetike. In December of the same year, he participated in and won First Prize in the Virtual Literary Competition for Youth, organised on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the birth of Dritëro Agolli. In 2023, he took part and was awarded Third Prize at the Seventh Festival of Albanian Poetry, with works dedicated to the renowned poet and prose writer Millosh Gjergj Nikolla.

 

In 2022, he published his second poetry collection titled Apricus. In April 2025, he published his third collection titled Blue Psalm.

 

He is present in both print and online literary media, including Exlibris, Revista Letrare, Hejza and Peizazhe të Fjalës, where he publishes articles related to literary reviews and creative writing.

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