Botimet Jozef is a publishing house founded in Durrës in 2012. From that year to the present day, it has brought Albanian readers a large number of publications, ranging from French classical authors such as Molière, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Racine, Corneille, Rostand, and others (masterfully translated by the outstanding connoisseur of the French language, Prokop Gjergo), to more recent authors, both local and foreign. An important place in our publishing catalogue is also occupied by historical and scientific monographs, as well as children’s books.

Among the most sought-after titles published by Botimet Jozef, we can mention:

• The Garland of Translations by Prokop Gjergo (including works by the French classics Molière, Racine, Corneille, Boileau, Hugo, Voltaire, Rostand).

• The titles “Pyrrhus,” “Alexander the Great,” and “Cleopatra,” from the series “Men Who Made History” by the American author Jacob Abbott.

• The complete works of the Triestine scholar Paolo Muner, also in bilingual editions (Albanian–Italian): “Shpnesa e Shqypniisë – Albanians of Trieste,” “Not Only the Anthem of the Flag,” “A Shkodran History,” “The Captain of the Port of Bar.”

• “The Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language” – by Kolec Topalli.

• “Albania and the Liberated Lands” – by Romeo Gurakuqi.

• “The History of Durrës” – by Hava and Sali Hidri.

• “Diseases, Their Symptoms and Treatment” – in three volumes – by Agim Shehu.

• “Two Wanderers in Albania” – by Jan & Cora Gordon.

• “The Iron Minister – Mirash Ivanaj” – by Lazër Radi.

• “The Life and Customs of Albanians” – by Mark Milan (translated by Lazër Radi).

• “Lectures on Dreams and Souls” – by Freud & Jung (translated by Lazër Radi).

• The complete works of Plato (translated by Lazër Radi).

• “The Life of a Man” – the complete works of Giuseppe Ungaretti (translated by Jozef Radi).

• “Encyclopedia of Albanian Cinema (1904–2022)” – by Irini Asqeri.

• Poetry by Maram Al Masri.

• “Dissident Poets” – collected and translated by Maksim Rakipaj.

• “Kismet – The Fairytale Fate of Muhammad Ali, the Albanian Who Founded Modern Egypt” – by N. Yousry.

• “100 Poems by Pablo Neruda” (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1971).

• “The Hymn of Happiness” by Charles Dickens.

• Children’s books: “The Dream Blower” (B. Villiot), “The Jungle Book” (V. Ovaldè), “Katerinë Sertitydë” (P. Modiano), “The Snow Sister,” “Viola and the Guardian of the Sun” (Maja Lunde).

• “Junior Olympiads Book 1” – by Robert Kosova.

On this page, our publications are presented, where you can find more detailed information.