Ndue Ukaj

Ndue Ukaj is an Albanian writer from Kosovo. He has published six poetry collections, two short story collections, a novel and three books of literary essays and criticism.

 

He is the recipient of several awards, including the Best Writer Award at the book fair ‘Libri të bân mire’ (Shkodra, 2025), the national award for best poetry book in Kosovo (2010) and a prize at the International Poetry Festival ‘Ditët e Naimit’ (2011). He received a Creativity Prize at the Naji Naaman Literary Prizes (2016).

 

His writings have been published in international anthologies and journals, translated into many languages, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize by Mad Swirl (2025).

 

Ukaj’s work explores the disturbance of the Balkans, themes of war and peace, and the memories of a generation shaped by loss and enduring hope. His literature bears the elegance of European expression and the European aspirations of the Albanian people, a quality praised by discerning literary voices.

 

He is a founding member of the Albanian Writers Forum, ‘Forumi 26’.