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For several years, Keko contributed to
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Among all your many friends, it was my tough luck to say the final farewell in their name. We all loved you greatly. And today we are giving you our most profound gratitude, for that which you have known, have toiled and have desired to give us a full life. I now benefit from your obligatory silence
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Ndër të gjithë miqtë e tu të shumtë, mua më ra shorti i vështirë të të them lamtumirën e fundit në emër të tyre. Ne të gjithë të kemi dashur shumë. Dhe po të japim sot me vete mirënjohjen tonë më të thellë, për atë që ti ke ditur, ke mundur dhe ke dashur të na japësh një jetë të tërë. Unë tani
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outside his Tirana apartment and heavily injured. Keko blamed the then-government of being behind the attack. After Keko died in 2002 his wife and children moved to the
Netherlands. In his honor a street in Tirana was renamed "Rruga Teodor Keko" (Teodor Keko Street).
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1989. Prize of encouragement from the "Konkursi kombëtar i 45-vjetorit të Çlirimit" (National competition for the 45-anniversary of the
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Beside national prizes and awards (one of each was post-mortum in 2007), a street in Tirana is named after him, "Teodor Keko", since 2005. The
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përfitoj nga heshtja jote e detyrueshme dhe do të them çfarë të dua. Ti s'më ndërpret dot me të tallur, siç bëje zakonisht...
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221:. On 10 March 1994 Teodor Keko was assaulted by two men with
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1998. First prize from "Soror" journalism competition, for
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Modern
Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe
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The well-known Albanian writer, politician and diplomat
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Keko worked as a journalist for the literary newspaper
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Kuvendi Popullor i Republikës Socialiste të Shqipërisë
341:(Made in Albania), Tirana: Albin, 1998. OCLC 44934220.
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Biography of Teodor Keko – Devolli.net (in Albanian)
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154:. He studied at the
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1343:Esad Mekuli
1338:Din Mehmeti
1333:Petro Marko
1308:Teodor Laço
1303:Rifat Kukaj
1278:Teodor Keko
1243:Ndoc Gjetja
1233:Mirko Gashi
1158:Eqrem Basha
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836:Pjetër Budi
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1508:Categories
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1383:Arshi Pipa
1348:Betim Muço
1248:Sabri Godo
1208:Diana Çuli
1188:Aleks Çaçi
1168:Ben Blushi
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1102:Vaso Pasha
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138:Life
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