Kreshnik Hoti

Kreshnik Hoti is a poet from the Republic of Kosovo who primarily writes in English, but also in other languages he speaks, such as Albanian, French, Turkish, and Hungarian. His writing centers on themes of emotional depth, exploring lost love, faith, and mental health struggles. On December 26, 2023, he self-published his first poetry collection, titled If You Recall All of Our Conversations, You Have Everything Needed - a homage to lost love, where he explores different stages of grief, transforming pain into art. For this project, he brought together editors, writers, and artists from various European countries, Australia, and the United States, making it truly one of a kind. His first collection was sold across four continents and received positive critical acclaim. The book presentation was supported by the Amicale of the Council of Europe. Additionally, Kreshnik Hoti co-founded the first multilingual poetry club at the University of Strasbourg, where he studies Linguistics and British/American Literature. In November 2024, Kreshnik became a member of poets of the planet network and a few months after in may 2025 he won the Louise Weiss prize with his poem: They whisper my name - a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe's work. In his words, Poetry is, breathing. In the absence of poetry, there is but darkness.