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Ornela Vorpsi

1968 - Today

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Ornela Vorpsi (born 3 August 1968, Tirana), is an Albanian writer and photographer from the Vorpsi family in Tirana. Ornela studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan, and has been living and working in Paris since 1997. An excerpt of her novel The Country Where One Never Dies was included in Best European Fiction 2010, edited by Aleksander Hemon and prefaced by Zadie Smith. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ornela Vorpsi is the 6,596th most popular writer (up from 6,784th in 2024), the 85th most popular biography from Albania and the 15th most popular Albanian Writer.

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Among writers, Ornela Vorpsi ranks 6,596 out of 7,302. Before her are Nina Bawden, Carlton Cuse, Tõnu Õnnepalu, Veronica Roth, William Wycherley, and Philip G. Epstein. After her are Brian Moore, Khosiyat Rustam, James Lipton, Udo Ulfkotte, Sabina Berman, and Anna Burns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Ornela Vorpsi ranks 506. Before her are Giovanni Stroppa, Carina Wiese, Kim Young-ha, Kendall Cross, Alan Budikusuma, and Gabriel Porras. After her are Leonid Slutsky, Emanuele Naspetti, Momoko Kikuchi, James Iha, Peter van Vossen, and Kakhaber Tskhadadze.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Ornela Vorpsi ranks 85 out of 150. Before her are Elvira Dones (1960), Eduard Abazi (1963), Ermonela Jaho (1974), Frederik Ndoci (1960), Erjon Bogdani (1977), and Bekim Balaj (1991). After her are Altin Lala (1975), Kristjan Asllani (2002), Aurela Gaçe (1973), Juliana Pasha (1980), Hersi Matmuja (1990), and Lea Ypi (1979).

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Among WRITERS In Albania

Among writers born in Albania, Ornela Vorpsi ranks 15. Before her are Fatos Kongoli (1944), Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911), Ndre Mjeda (1866), Fatos Arapi (1930), Shaqe Çoba (1875), and Elvira Dones (1960). After her are Mimoza Ahmeti (1963), Gjekë Marinaj (1965), and Luljeta Lleshanaku (1968).

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