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Ambassador Fate Velaj's autobiographical novel KREUZTANNE is promoted in Austria

2025-09-24 17:59:28Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Ambassador Fate Velaj's autobiographical novel KREUZTANNE is promoted in
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Last night, on September 23, 2025, those present in Traiskirchen – among them Vice Chancellor and Minister of Culture Andreas Babler, many ambassadors and many lovers of literature – experienced something very special: the presentation of my autobiographical novel KREUZTANNE by Fate Velaj accompanied by the paintings and photographs taken by him.

It was a deeply human encounter – far from the repeated applause for Mozart and Beethoven.

The audience heard the touching story of a young boy from Vlora, from an Albania that was then isolated from the world. A young man who dreamed of living in a metropolis, but whose fate, after the fall of communism in 1991, led him to a small guesthouse in the Austrian mountains.

From there, a new life began: as a dishwasher, as a factory worker in three shifts – and after work, he would "dip his hands in paint", to one day become a famous artist.

A story of sweat and tears. Between life and death to come back to life, stronger than ever before.

Excerpt from the speech of Vice-Chancellor Andreas Babler:

Traiskirchen, September 23, 2025

…this book is not only a literary work, but also a deeply personal and political story.

Fate Velaj's story is an Austrian story, an Albanian story – but above all a European story.

What is Europe if it is not a point of meeting and integration?

And what would Europe be without bridge builders like Fate Velaj?

Fate Velaj, in his creativity, unites art, culture and politics – and in doing so has contributed decisively to mutual understanding between Austria and Albania, between Southeast Europe and the European Union…

Dear Fate, your story shows: Europe does not grow only through treaties, but above all through people who build bridges. For this I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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