Mehr Licht! Explained

Editor:Mira Meksi
Editor Title:Editor-in-chief
Frequency:Quarterly
Category:Literary magazine
Cultural magazine
Country:Albania
Language:Albanian

Mehr Licht! (German for 'More Light') is an Albanian-language quarterly literary and cultural magazine published in Albania. It has been in circulation since 1996.

History and profile

Mehr Licht! was established by Mira Meksi and Vebi Velija in 1996.[1] [2] Mira Meksi is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine which is published quarterly.[3]

The title of the magazine is in German and refers to the last words of Goethe, meaning “more illumination, more knowledge, more reality.”[3]

Mehr Licht! provides articles about literature and culture.[2] The magazine is a member of the Eurozine, European network of literary magazines.[2] [4] In 2011 it started a prize for the best cultural essay written in Albania.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Agata Schwartz. Luise Von Flotow-Evans. The Third Shore: Women's Fiction from East Central Europe. Northwestern University Press. 2006. 978-0-8101-2311-3. Evanston, IL. 243.
  2. Web site: Mehr Licht! Self-description. Eurozine. 10 December 2014. 15 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141215001549/http://www.eurozine.com/journals/mehrlicht/selfdescription.html.
  3. Web site: Rudina Hoxha. "Mehr Licht 2010" Literature Prize for Best Albanian Cultural Essay. Southeast Europe. 10 December 2014. 19 January 2011.
  4. News: 14th European Meeting of Cultural Journals Politics and Cultures in Europe: New Visions, New Divisions. 19 April 2015. Institute for Human Sciences. Newsletter 71. Winter 2000.