Coping with War Memories in Kosovo Today
Coping with War Memories in Kosovo Today

Summary/Abstract: This discussion examines “Memorie dhe Traumë. Kujtesa e Luftës 1998 – 1999 në letërsinë shqipe në Kosovë” (Memory and Trauma. Memory of the War 1998 – 1999 in Albanian Literature in Kosovo), a book that provides an overview of war literature in Kosovo. Written by Blerina Rogova Gaxha and published in 2023, it attempts to amplify voices that have been overlooked until now and highlights different stories beyond the traditional focus on heroes: those of the people who became refugees, the women who suffered sexual violence, the slaughtered children, or the murdered elderly – voices we do not usually encounter prominently in war literature. Rogova Gaxha renarrates personal experiences from the perspective of eyewitnesses or direct participants in the war, as well as broader oral histories gathered from victims and survivors. Ultimately, she tries to identify unique features of (anti)war literature from Kosovo in comparison to other post-conflict societies all over the world.

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