Moikom Zeqo, born in Durres, Albania, in 1949, is the author of a number of volumes of poetry, including Vegime te vendlindjes (Visions of My Native Land), Qyteti feniks (Phoenix City), Brenda vetes (Inside Oneself), Liber i hapur (Open Book), Njeqind zemra (One Hundred Hearts), Meduza (Medusa) and Timpulli i Henes (Temple of the Moon). He has also published novels and short stories, children's books, monographs and scholarly articles on Albanian history, archaeology and literature. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Albania's former Minister of Culture, Zeqo currently lives in Tirana, where for a number of years he directed the National Historical Museum, and where he now works as a freelance writer and journalist.
