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GEZIM KRUJA | MASTER OF ALBANIAN HUMOR!

 

GEZIM KRUJA (1939-2020)

Hold the titles of “Merited Artist” and "Grand Master"!

Great actor of humor, member of the excellent Shkodra variety troupe Estrada, a “Merited Artist” and “Grand Master” is also one of the characters symbol of Albanian humor. Born in Shkodra on December 4, 1939. He started his artistic career like no one else at the age of 13, in 1952. A whole of his life as part of the Albanian scene and tv screen. He had over 54 years on stage, a long and endless artistic life. Actor Gezim Kruja has not completed any design school for acting, it is a feed from the amateur movement and this on the contrary has not been any obstacle to reach the top of Albanian humor, as the spectators knew and followed him, applauded for his talent displayed. He officially started with the amateur troops of the former army in 1958, on the amateur stage when he was a soldier. In 1960 he will be part of  the Professional Variety of Shkodra, (Estrada) his hometown. In 1977 he received the title "Merited Artist".

 

Gëzim Kruja graduated in 1979 from the Pedagogical Institute, branch of Language and Literature in Shkodra. Over 2200 performances are recorded in his career. It is also distinguished in writings. 18 comedies, 10 recitations, 2 movie scripts, 3 books with monologues, over 250 sketches, dialogues, hilarious pantomimes are his creations and not to mention thousands of other roles in sketches and comedies, they are innumerable and will take some time great to mention. Over a thousand roles in various sketches and he has been practicing the profession of humorist for 52 years.

Gezim Kruja has staged over 70 premieres. He has not left anything untouched and untried, dealing with more genres of art, from the Circus, the Clown, the juggler, the imitator, etc. He has performed 10 recitals throughout this long career, 7 of them in Shkodra and 3 in Tirana. He is a beloved character even abroad. All Albanians living abroad have welcomed him kindly, in America, Canada, Germany and everywhere. In 1999 he received the title "Pride of the City". In 2005 he received the title "Naim Frashëri i Artë" and in 2010 the title "Grand Master". He passed away on April 5, 2020, after a serious illness.

 


 

 

 

 

Photogallery of the artist: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/edit/a.536931036366769/

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Albanian Cinematography & Scenic Arts – Dec. 12, 2020

 

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