Writer and screenwriter Teodor Laço remembered on the 90th anniversary of his birth

On September 29, 1936, the writer, screenwriter and former minister of culture Teodor Laço was born in the village of Dardhë in Korçë.

He studied agronomy at the University of Tirana, but an early passion for writing determined his fate. In 1965 he published his first book, “Era e tokës” (The Scent of the Earth), followed three years later by “Shtëpia në rrugicë” (The House in the Alley). Teodor Laço is the author of dozens of novels, story collections, dramas, comedies and film and documentary screenplays, leaving behind a great treasure for Albanian letters.

After the 1990s he entered politics, serving as a member of parliament, minister of culture and later as ambassador. He wrote some of his later works in his birth village of Dardhë. His heart stopped beating on October 15, 2016.

Among the films bearing Teodor Laço’s signature as screenwriter are: “Përballimi” (The Confrontation), “Streha e re” (The New Shelter), “Ditët që sollën pranverën” (The Days That Brought Spring), “Dorina”, “Shtëpia jonë e përbashkët” (Our Common Home), “Asgjë nuk harrohet” (Nothing Is Forgotten), “Tri ditë nga një jetë” (Three Days of a Life), “Dhe vjen një ditë” (And a Day Comes), “Flutura në kabinën time” (The Butterfly in My Cabin), “Vitet e pritjes” (The Years of Waiting), the comedy “Shi në plazh” (Rain on the Beach), and others.