Mehr Licht!
Editor-in-chiefMira Meksi
CategoriesLiterary magazine
Cultural magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
CountryAlbania
LanguageAlbanian

Mehr Licht! (German: 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

References

  1. ^ Agata Schwartz; Luise Von Flotow-Evans, eds. (2006). The Third Shore: Women's Fiction from East Central Europe. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-8101-2311-3.
  2. ^ a b c "Mehr Licht! Self-description". Eurozine. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Rudina Hoxha (19 January 2011). ""Mehr Licht 2010" Literature Prize for Best Albanian Cultural Essay". Southeast Europe. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ^ "14th European Meeting of Cultural Journals Politics and Cultures in Europe: New Visions, New Divisions" (PDF). Institute for Human Sciences. No. Newsletter 71. Winter 2000. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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