LITERARY AND ARTISTIC CREATIVITY OF ALBANIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS IN YUGOSLAVIA Cover Image

KRIJIMTARIA LETRARE DHE ARTISTIKE E TË BURGOSURVE POLITIKË SHQIPTARË NË JUGOSLLAVI
LITERARY AND ARTISTIC CREATIVITY OF ALBANIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS IN YUGOSLAVIA

Author(s): Fikrie Berisha
Subject(s): Photography, Poetry, Visual Arts, Archiving, Preservation, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Arkivave e Republikës së Shqipërisë; Agjencia Shtetërore e Arkivave të Kosovës
Keywords: Political prisoner; artistic creativity; archival records; national memory; historiography;

Summary/Abstract: The creativity of political prisoners in various fields such as: poetry, prose, painting, then correspondences, sketches, photographs, etc. in Yugoslav prisons, over time it has also acquired the value of archival records. This material documents the concern, ideal, and sacrifice of patriotic people who suffered political imprisonment because of the national ideals they held. The exposure and recording of this documentation is an important contribution to national history, as it takes on the weight of a valuable archival material for future generations and our historiography. This material is quite special, due to the circumstances and specificities in which it was created, thus it carries with it what is called the “seal of time”. A part of this archival property has already became part of the fonds of our State Archives, On the other hand, some of them have been made public through articles in various magazines and newspapers, mainly poetry and short prose, while the rest have been published as thematic books and memories from prison time, etc. These documents, together, meet the criteria of archival records and material, which should be arranged and treated as a special collection/fonds important for the national political memory. Recording, collection, preservation and reflection of this creativity for the public, among others, for future generations will be a very important archival material, as evidence of a time and period of our history towards the struggle for freedom.

  • Issue Year: 56/2020
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 155-171
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Albanian