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Though Demaçi's wife left Kosovo before the war, he remained in Pristina with his year-old sister during the entire Kosovo War. He was..
Adem Demaçi was a Kosovo Albanian author, politician, and human rights defender.
Adem Demaçi
Kosovar politician and human rights defender (1936–2018)
Adem Demaçi (pronounced[dɛmatʃi]ⓘ; 26 February 1936 – 26 July 2018) was a Kosovo Albanian author, politician, and human rights defender.[2][3] He became notable during the breakup of Yugoslavia for suggesting the creation of Balkania in 1996, a hypothetical confederacy proposed as an independent successor state to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the Balkans.[2][3]
Early life
Demaçi studied literature, law, and education in Pristina, Belgrade, and Skopje respectively.
In the 1950s, he published a number of short stories with pointed social commentary in the magazine Jeta e re ("New Life"), as well as a 1958 novel titled Gjarpijt e gjakut ("The Serpents of Blood"), exploring the issue of blood vendettas among ethnic Albanians in communist Albania and Kosovo.
The latter work brought him literary fame.[5]
Demaçi was first arrested for his