Zhuljana Jorganxhi "Great Master" Poet, writer, author of hundreds of Albanian songs. The lady of the written verse is a precious art value, an added culture, a great name in the golden necklace of those who skillfully weave the lyrics of songs, whose absence is felt today beyond measure. He was born in the city of Korçë in 1946, in a family with musical traditions. He is one of the four children of the veteran singer "Honored Artist" Gaqo Jorganxhi, who for 65 years sang as a soloist with the well-known group of characteristic Korça songs "LIRA". He studied piano for several years at the Palace of Culture in Korce and we can say that it was music that brought him to poetry. Her sister, the first Albanian composer, the now deceased Mrs. Rozmari Jorganxhi, when she came on vacation, brought her gramophone records with different operas that she listened to, such as "Fausti", "Boris Godunov", "Dama Pik" etc. . 
He completed his primary and secondary education in his hometown in 1964. Later, he attended higher studies at the University of Tirana, at the Faculty of History and Philology, and at the same time attended the two-year journalism course at the Faculty of Legal Sciences, graduating simultaneously as a teacher of Albanian language and literature for high school and as a journalist. In 1968, she started working as a journalist in the magazine "Shqiptarja e Re", working for six years in this magazine and from 1975 as a literary editor and song poet in the editorial office of creativity and music recordings at the Albanian Radio Television.
She wrote her first text in 1968. Her friend, the well-known Ruzhdi Pulaha, made her connect with Radio Tirana. He invites Zhuljanen to write a text for what was called "Survey of the Month" at the time. She was a student and collaborated with the young composer, (a student like her), Ruzhdi Keraj. The two perform the song entitled "Night of exams" sung by Liljana Kondakçi, the song which won the first prize and the joy of the student Jorganxhi was immense. He was active all the time with the radio and won a third prize at the 7th Song Festival in Rtsh with the "People's Artist" Gaqo Avrazin. In 1974, he collaborated with the young composer at that time, Enver Shëngjergji, with the song "Vajzat e vashti tim", sung brilliantly by Alida Hisku. This is also the reason why they asked him on the radio for the lyrics of the song. He started working there in 1975, finding a good atmosphere and excellent people. She started her literary activity at a young age and since the age of 17, her poems have been published in newspapers and magazines such as "Drita", "Zeri i Rinise", "Nentori" and "Les lettres albanaise" etc. . 
He has published books of poetry such as "Night of exams" (1969), "Rritje" (1971), "Flowers in the tree of freedom" (1982) and the collection of children's stories "Femijet e teto Nastes" (1975). She has participated in national literary competitions and has twice won the second and third prizes for her poems.
However, her greatest activity, in addition to poetry and storytelling, developed after 1974 in the genre of poetic song lyrics. She is the author of hundreds of poetic texts about song festivals in Rtsh and the districts of Albania, in surveys and concerts of Rtsh such as "When spring comes", "Songs of the season", decades of May and in children's festivals in Tirana and districts different in Albania. 
For the songs that came to life from her, there are collaborations with well-known names such as Vaçe Zela, Mentor Xhemal, Ramiz Kovaçin, Ema Qazimi, Lindita Theodhori, Justina Alia, Sherif Merdanin, Luan Zhegu, Kozma Dushi, Frederik Ndoci, and others after 90's. 
It has received seven first prizes and has never been evaluated with money for these prizes. In 1991, he won three awards, the first with the song "Jon", the second with "Kindness" and the third "Bells of hope" and is valued at 5 thousand old lek! Within the editorial office, she created the poetry editorial office, where she took the poetic volumes and selected the poems that could be made into texts. 
Her best friends were Xhevahir Spahiu, Pandeli Koçi, Betim Muço, Koçi Petritin, Vullnet Mato, later Gjok Becin. He was also lucky to have collaborated with generations of "People's Artists" composers such as Gaqo Avrazi, Česk Zadeja, Pjetër Gaci, Tonin Arapi, Avni Mula, etc. then Aleksandër Peçi, Aleksandër Lalo. 
Then came the generation of the 1980s, such as Gjergj Leka (her grandson), Shpëtim Saraçi, Ardit Gjebrea, Adi Hila. During this time, he wrote the songs "Spring", "Live my life", "Spring does not come with a flower", etc., collaborating with the new generation of the 90s.
Among the poetic lyrics of the song, we can mention: "Jon", "Se kanduam Let it bi", "Live and my life", "My peers", "In the hands of the mother", "We are the name of our own life", "Back for yourself, for me!" , "We, sons of freedom" (with the latter, in December '90, student demonstrations opened and closed in the square, today called "Democracy"). 
Her poems have been published in Kosovo, Greece, Romania, Holland, Slovenia and Japan. In 1996, you were awarded the Festival's Art Disc, and for the 40th anniversary of the Rtsh Song Festival in 2001, you were awarded the Career Award. 
Currently, Zhuliana Jorganxhi lives abroad in the city of Trieste in Italy, but she has never cut off her artistic ties with her country. She participated with her poetic texts in the Song Festival there in Trieste, as well as collaborates with the composers and singers of the country through festivals and for their music albums. The exclusivity on this page is dated August 27, 2022 ________________ Albanian cinematography in activity since 2013. Reference and source of information: Albanian newspaper (online) as well as an interview of the artist herself. The photos have the authorship of Ms. Zh. Jorganxhi and were taken out of her interview given in v. 2020 on television
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