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Ani Gjika

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Tirana, Albania

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Poetry, Nonfiction, Memoir

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Ani Gjika is an Albanian-born writer, author and literary translator of eight books and chapbooks of poetry, including Bread on Running Waters (Fenway Press, 2013) a finalist for the 2011 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize and the 2011 May Sarton New Hampshire Book Prize. Gjika moved to the U.S. when she was 18, earning an M.A. in English at Simmons University and an M.F.A. in poetry at Boston University. Her translation from the Albanian of Negative Space by Luljeta Lleshanaku was published in 2018 by Bloodaxe Books in the UK where it was Poetry Book Society’s Recommended Translation and shortlisted for the International Griffin Poetry Prize. It was published in the same year by New Directions in the U.S. where it was a finalist for a PEN Award an ...more

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	An Unruled Body: A Poet's Memoir 4.48 avg rating — 108 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Negative Space by Luljeta Lleshanaku, Ani Gjika (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.68 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bread on Running Waters 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slaying the Mosquito by Xhevdet Bajraj, Ani Gjika (Goodreads Author) (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Fall Like Children by Xhevdet Bajraj, Ani Gjika (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Alice Whitmore (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memories Pretend to Sleep: The Poetry of Julia Gjika by Julia Gjika, Ani Gjika (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emergency Exit by Xhevdet Bajraj, Ani Gjika (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Alice Whitmore (Goodreads Author) (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars