Jeton Neziraj (1977) is a playwright from Kosovo, currently the Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Kosovo. As a playwright, he has written over 15 plays which have been staged and performed in Kosovo and abroad, as well as being translated and published in other languages, such as: English, French, Macedonian, Slovenian, Croat, Romanian, Bosnian, Spanish, Turkish, Bulgarian, German, etc. As a playwright, he has worked together with well-known European theatre companies, including "Nomad Theatre" from the UK (the play, "War in Times of Love"), "Markus Zohner Theatre Company" (the play, "The Last Supper") etc. His play, "Liza is sleeping" won the first prize in a national competition for Albanian plays, organized by the Publishing House, "Buzuku," and it had its premiere in the National Theatre of Kosovo in 2007.
Jeton has written over 10 film scripts, which have been produced by Kosovar directors. The feature length artistic film, "Border Donkeys", written by Neziraj, will premiere in September 2010. Neziraj is also the author of many articles about the theatre, published in local and international theatre magazines and journals.
His short stories have been published in local magazines in Kosovo and Albania. He is also the author of various books, including a book about
the famous Kosovar actor, Faruk Begolli (published in Albanian, English and Serbian). Neziraj is the founder, and for a long time, was the director of Qendra Multimedia, which focuses on contemporary theatre and dramaturgy. Neziraj was Professor of Dramaturgy at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prishtina during the year 2007-2008. He has given speeches about the theatre at several festivals, conferences and universities throughout the world.
As a playwright, he has worked with theatres and companies such as: the National Theatre of Kosovo (Prishtina – Kosovo), the National Theatre of Macedonia (Bitola – Macedonia), the Albanian National Theatre (Skopje – Macedonia), the National Theatre (Gjilan – Kosovo), the Nomad Theatre (London- UK), the Markus Zohner Theatre Company (Lugano – Switzerland), L'Espace d'un instant (Paris – France), Gare au Théâtre (Paris – France), the Oda Theatre (Prishtina- Kosovo), Gledališče Glej (Ljubljana – Slovenia), Multimedia Center (Kosovo) etc.
Neziraj's plays have been performed in many important theatre festivals in Europe. His new play, "The Demolition of the Eiffel Tower" had its first public presentation in France at the "Fabrique Ephéméride" on 28 May 2010.
