22 of Gjeke Marinaj’s Poems Decoded (Oklahoma: Orpheus Texts, 2019). Marinaj's poetry and literary theories are also examined in Shefqet Dibrani's (Books and Impressions. Switzerland: Albanisches Institut, 2005), Mikel Gojani's (Tradition and the Contemporary. Kosovo, 2007), Dr. Afrim A. Rexhepi's (Aesthesis: Studies in Aesthetics. Shkup, 2013), Mimoza Rexhvelaj's (Overview of Diaspora Poetry. Shkoder, 2013), Anton Gojçaj's (Cinderella Library. USA: Art Club, 2011), Mai Văn Phấn's (Other Space. Hanoi, Vietnam: Writers' Association Publishing House, 2016), Besim Muhadri's (Essences of Literary Thought. New York, London: Adriatic Press, 2020) and Giovanni Romano's (Poetry: The Invincible Present. Bari, Italy: SECOP Edizioni, 2020). The Albanian writer Ismail Kadare (International Booker Prize, 2005) has called Marinaj "one of the most distinguished Albanian poets of our time" and "among Europe's best poets." According to Italy-based Da Bitonto, Marinaj's Protonism Theory, "applied to politics, to social life, to the education of the younger generations, can create an extraordinarily beautiful and important revolution, because where there is life there is beauty, where there is beauty there is poetry, and where there is poetry there is freedom, and freedom is the engine of human positivity." References External links American male poets 1965 births Living people Albanian emigrants to the United States Albanian–English translators English–Albanian translators Albanian-language writers Poets from Texas Postmodern writers Albanian literary critics American literary critics Albanian translators People from Malësi e Madhe American male non-fiction writers 21st-century American poets 21st-century translators 21st-century American male writers