UNFULFILLED PROMISE On page 19
What happened at the memorial On page 14
THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE Dritëro Agolli’s last letter to Sadija: We have little time left On page 19
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEMORIAL On page 14
DRITËRO AGOLLI’S HEALTH CONDITION WORSENS His wife, Sadije Agolli: “He is in very serious condition, they are staying by his bedside” ► F21
The passing of Sadije Agolli Dokle: Your butterfly, Dritëro, could not withstand the cold winter On page 18
In memoriam/ Youth photographs, messages and tributes from the family’s friends Longing for her husband and the plan she left unfinished, the writer’s widow dies By FATMIRA NIKOLLI I have felt his absence very much, I wanted to have his opinion. I talked to him about everything.”
MILOSAO: NEW EVIDENCE ON THE KILLING OF M. SHEHU Supplement
“We had a real life. I wanted us to live it to the fullest.” Sadije Agolli appears in the documentary film about Dritëro as the narrator: from their meeting, to the wedding day, the difficult life and now the large family. Photos/ Documentary by Ilia Terpini Dritëroi, life in the
EXCLUSIVE/ THE FULL LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: OUR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL STATE DEPENDS ON YOUR SUCCESS • Here is the poem, a gift for Rama. The last sigh of the patriarch of the SP: “Are they fighting again?!” By DARINA TANUSHI Dritëro Agolli always has a message for socialis
EXCLUSIVE! A story about a childhood friend and literature Helena Kadare: The last conversation with Sadije Agolli and the unkept promise The writer tells “GSH”: When we are born, we make a kind of contract with death; it must be awaited calmly By FATMIRA NIKOLLI A few weeks ago,
EXCLUSIVE/ THE FULL LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: YOUR SUCCESS DETERMINES OUR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL STATE • Here is the poem, a gift for Rama. The last sigh of the PS patriarch: “Are they fighting again?!” By DARINA TANUSHI Dritëro Agolli has conveyed a message to the socialists
Memory of youth: We had dinner on top of suitcases The writer writes to Elona Agolli: The beautiful name you have today was given to you by Ismail By FATMIRA NIKOLLI Dear Elona, It seemed strange to me now that I sat down and wrote your name at the top of this letter. Because we
New poems about love BOOK IN PROGRESS “I dedicate them to Sadija. Because of my verses she suffers almost as I do”... BY DRITERO AGOLLI I had by no means thought that I would now publish yet another book of poems, at a time when I am past 70 and when, as Noli Milto Sotir Gurra s