The Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu, said that today, Kosovo lost academician Rexhep Qosja, while the Albanian world lost one of its greatest personalities of critical thought, literature and study.
“We lost a personality who was present in our cultural, academic and political life for decades. For more than half a century, Academician Qosja was present in the Albanian space with books, studies, debate and stance,” said Acting President Haxhiu.
She further said that the literary scholar, critic, novelist, essayist, professor, and public polemicist coexisted within his being.
“In literary studies, he left behind a precious legacy for Albanian literature and its decisive periods. In prose, with the novel “Death Comes to Me Through Such Eyes”, he brought one of the works that expanded the boundaries of the Albanian novel, turning the experience of fear, power and oppression into literature with lasting value. In “Secrets Told”, Qosja proved that even at the end of his creative journey he remained acutely aware of time, society and the decline of values”, emphasized Acting President Haxhiu.
According to Acting President Haxhiu, for many generations of students, readers and scholars, Rexhep Qosja was a school in itself, adding further that through his work, many learned to read literature as a reflection of society, history and language as the foundation of identity.
“Rexhep Qosja, departed for eternity, precisely on International Book Day, reminding us that the creator is most honored by the work he leaves behind. As he said, heroes of the mind withstand time the longest. Academician Qosja was a hero of the mind, and as such he will be a guide for generations,” said Acting President Haxhiu.
Acting President Haxhiu expressed her sincere condolences to the family, friends, collaborators, and to the great number of his readers.
