Renowned translator passes away

TIRANA, Renowned Albania translator and author Amik Kasoruho passed away this week at the age of 82. He was buried this week in Durres where he lived for several years during persecution under communism.
Kasoruho, who was recently serving as an adviser to the president, is known for dozens of translations and several books of his own. Amik Kasoruho was born on November 20th, 1932 in Tirana. When he was a sophomore at the Technical High School he was arrested, charged with agitation and propaganda activity against the government and sentenced to 10 years.
He was father was executed by a firing squad, alongside twenty two other Albanian intellectuals, without trial in February of 1951.
Since he was officially expelled from all the Albanian schools and banned to attend educational institutions, when released from jail, Kasoruho lived in Kavaja from 1956 until 1962. After that he and his family were deported to Gosa of Kavaja from 1962 until 1990 just before the collapse of communism.