(Confessions of the Sea), Humanizing Venus, (With Neruda on the Atlantic Shore), and An Ell Above the Clouds. In addition, he has published a book of interviews titled (The Other Side of the Mirror), a book of selected articles and essays titled (Some things can't be kept secret), a book of literary criticism titled (Protonism: Theory into Practice)., and a book of juxtaposed essays and poems titled Inkshed: A poet's view on the Vietnam War. Translations Marinaj, who has served as guest editor of the Translation Review, has translated several books from English to Albanian, and two from Albanian to English, including a collection of Albanian oral epic poetry (with Frederick Turner). Marinaj has edited more than a dozen books in both languages. He has also translated two books from Vietnamese to Albanian: Vowels in the Dew, selected poems by Mai Văn Phấn; and Ho Chi Minh's Chess Lessons: Poetry from the Prison Diary. Recognitions and critical reception Marinaj received the Pjetër Arbnori Prize for literature from QNK, part of the Albanian Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports, in 2008. Other awards he has received in post-Communist Albania and its diaspora include the Society of Albanian-American Writers’ Golden Pen Award (2003); the Albanian BookerMan Prize for Literature (2011), conferred by the National Media Group of Tirana, Albania, for his Protonism: Theory Into Practice; and Malësi e Madhe's Honorary Citizen Award (2021). Beyond Albania, Marinaj has received, in the U.S., the Sojourn Prize, now called Reunion: The Dallas Review, (first place, 2006); South Korea's Suwon KS International Literature Prize (2020) and Changwon KC International Literary Prize (2021); two National Insignia Prizes (2015, 2019) from the Vietnam Writers' Association, with a special citation "for the cause of Vietnam’s Literature and Arts"; in Italy, the International Author Prize (2019); in Uzbekistan, the Poet of the World Prize (2020); and in India, West Bengal’s World Poet Prize (2019); an International Society for Intercultural Studies and Research felicitation (2019); and a Salutation to the World Poet prize (2020) from the Underground Literature Movement and the Platform Literary Journal. He has received multiple nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Marinaj is the subject of scholarly works including Senada Demushi's (The Literary Paths of Gjeke Marinaj. Tirana: Botimet Nacional, 2016), Adnan Mehmeti's (Gjeke Marinaj, More Than a Poet. New York, London: Adriatic Press, 2007) and Dr. Ramesh Mukhopadhyaya's Hidden in the Light of Thought: