Sterjo Spasse
Sterjo Spasse (1914-1989) is a notable Albanian writer of Macedonian descent.
Spasse was born in 1914 in Gollomboç and pursued the elementary school in Korçë, and the high school in Elbasan. He worked as a teacher in and then went to Florence, Italy and graduate in Pedagogy. He also pursued a master in litterature in the Soviet Union. After World War II he worked as a critique and writer in the pedagogic magazines The new school (Template:Lang-sq, and The popular education (Template:Lang-sq, as well as Our Literature (Template:Lang-sq), and Nëntori. He was a member of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists.[1]
Along his various contributions in the pedagogic field and translations, his main fieldwork was creative writing, which started in the 1930s. He published four collections of short stories and 10 novels:[1]
Short stories
- "Kuror rinie" (1934),
- "Në krahët e një femre" (1934),
- "Nusja pa duvak" (1944)
- "Të fala nga fshati" (1958)
Novels
- "Pse ?" (1935),
- "Afërdita" (1944),
- "Ata nuk ishin vetëm" (1952),
- "Afërdita përsëri në fshat" (1954),
- "Buzë liqenit" (1965),
- "Zjarre..." (1972),
- "Zgjimi" (1973),
- "Pishtarë" (1975),
- "Ja vdekje ja liri" (1978),
- "Kryengritësit" (1983).