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THE RICHARDSON PUBLIC LIBRARY
  ACQUIRES ALBANIAN COLLECTION

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-- by Gjekė Marinaj*

Gjekė Marinaj The Richardson Public Library and the Society of the Albanian-American Writers have joined forces to provide a new avenue for learning and ideas. The Writers Society has recently donated a collection of 70 Albanian language titles to the Library to better serve the Library's Albanian-American customers.

The number of Albanians living today in Richardson and the surrounding community is five times larger than Richardson's total population in 1947 when the first Library in Richardson was established. Thanks to new technology and the nationwide networking of public libraries, more than a million Albanian readers will benefit from RPL's new Albanian collection through the interlibrary loan program.

Most of the books are authored by members of the Society of the Albanian-American Writers, a Richardson-based nonprofit organization, and include poetry, short stories, novels, diaries, history, philosophy, sports, fables, and reference works. Several important national Albanian authors including Ismail Kadare, Rudolf Marku, Ali Podrimja, and Visar Zhiti are also represented in the collection.

Kadare, a world-renowned Albanian writer, was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca in 1992 and won the inaugural Booker International Prize in 2005. For the last few years, he has been a leading candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. His book "The Weight of the Cross" (Pesha e Kryqit) is one of the most valuable volumes in the Albanian collection.

Of special interest to researchers is writer Prenk Gruda who emigrated from Montenegro to Albania as a youth. He documented Albanian life and political struggles in his diary for nearly 40 years (1937-1976). Gruda's "Diary of aWounded Heart" is a rich and vital contribution to contemporary world literature and history. The new Albanian language collection can be found in the world languages collection of the Richardson Public Library on the third floor.

This article is published by "Dallas Morning News" and "Richardson Today".

BIBLIOTEKA PUBLIKE E RICHARDSON-it
MERR NJĖ KOLEKSION LIBRASH SHQIP

Nga Gjekė Marinaj

Biblioteka Publike e Richardsonit dhe Shoqata e Shkrimtarėve Shqiptaro-Amerikanė kanė bashkėpunuar pėr tė siguruar njė rrugė efektive pėr leximin dhe idetė. Kohėt e fundit, Shoqata e Shkrimtarėve ka dhuruar njė koleksion prej 70 titujsh tė librave shqip tek kjo Bibliotekė, me qėllim qė t'i shėrbejė mė mirė klientėve Shqiptaro-Amerikanė tė Bibliotekės.

Numri i shqiptarėve qė jetojnė sot nė Richardson dhe nė komunitetin pėrreth tij ėshtė bėrė pesė here mė i madh se sa numri i pėrgjithshėm i banorėve tė Richardsonit nė vitin 1947, kur u hap edhe Biblioteka e parė nė Richardson. Falė teknologjisė sė re dhe rrjetit tė gjerė tė bibliotekave publike, mė shumė se njė milion lexues shqiptarė do tė pėrfitojnė nga ky koleksion shqip i BPR, pėrmes programit tė huasė ndėr-bibliotekare.

Shumica e librave kanė si autorė anėtarėt e Shoqatės sė Shkrimtarėve Shqiptaro-Amerikanė, njė organizatė jo-fitimprurėse e themeluar nė Richardson, dhe pėrfshin libra me poezi, tregime, romane, ditarė, histori, filozofi, sport, fabula, dhe referenca. Disa autorė kombėtarė shqiptarė, pėrfshirė shkrimtarėt e njohur Ismail Kadare, Rudolf Marku, Ali Podrimja dhe Visar Zhiti janė pėrfshirė gjithashtu nė kėtė koleksion.

Kadare, njė shkrimtar shqiptar i mirėnjohur nė botė, ka marrė ēmimin Prix mondial Cino Del Duca nė vitin 1992 dhe ka fituar gjithashtu edhe ēmimin ceremonial Booker International Prize nė vitin 2005. Viteve tė fundit, ai ka qenė njė ndėr kandidatėt kryesorė pėr ēmimin Nobel nė Letėrsi. Libri i tij "The Weight of the Cross" (Pesha e Kryqit) ėshtė njė ndėr volumet mė tė vlefshme tė koleksionit tė librave shqip.

Me interes tė veēantė pėr studiuesit ėshtė shkrimtari Prenk Gruda, i cili emigroi nga Mali i Zi nė Shqipėri, qė nga rinia e tij. Ai e dokumentoi jetėn shqiptare dhe pėrpjekjet politike, nė ditarin e tij pėr afro 40 vjet (1937-1976). "Ditari i njė zemre tė lėndueme" i Grudės ėshtė njė kontribut vital dhe i pasur pėr letėrsinė dhe historinė bashkėkohore botėrore.

Koleksioni i ri i librave nė gjuhėn shqipe mund tė gjendet nė koleksionin e gjuhėve tė botės, tė Bibliotekės Publike tė Richardsonit, nė katin e tretė.

Ky shkrim ėshtė botuar nė "Dallas Morning News" dhe "Richardson Today".

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