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VASIL KATIAnthology of WoundsHe was born in Labova ofKryqi, Gjirokastër, in 1920. Afterhe finished the elementary schoolin his hometown, he attended theHigh School of Shkodra, where hemet members of the city’s communist.During the war years hereturned to the area of Gjirokastërand participated in the partisanmovement. After the war, NakuSpiru, who was minister ofeconomy at that time, appointed him in Tirana as a coordinator,staring a career in macro-economy. He then wentto Moscow as a representative of Albania at KNER andlater in Beijing.In the 1960s he was Minister of the Foreign Trade andDeputy Minister of Trade. Enver Hoxha condemned himin 1975 together with the so-called “enemy group of theeconomy.” He was sentenced to a 15-year prison termand was freed in 1990, just when the dictatorship wasending. His book of memories “On the waves of life” waspublished after he as freed. He died in the 2002.THE GREAT NOSTALGIALETTERS WRITTEN IN THE PRISON(MANUSCRIPT)… I was taken to a new place to live, after a full isolationof six hundred and ninety nine night and days. I am a fewkilometers away of you, my fellow friendly prisoners havetold me. It seems to me as if I am coming from the dark side of61