Fatos Lubonja (born 1951) is an Albanian writer and dissident.

Life

Lubonja was born in 1951. He attended the University of Tirana for his education. Lubonja was in jail from 1972 to 1991 as a political prsioner. He suffered a nervous breakdown while serving his sentence. He is an outspoken critic of Albanian socio-political factors, i.e. right-wing leader Sali Berisha, Socialist Party leader Edi Rama, former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj, the Red and Black Alliance, and Ismail Kadare. Lubonja works for Përpjekja (Endeavour), which was founded by him in 1994. Lubonja received the SEEMO Award for Mutual Cooperation in South East Europe in 2004. He wrote about communism with The Last Massacre. His book "False Apocalypse" was translated into English and published in London by Istros Books in 2014.