Ridvan Dibra (1959), novelist, playwright and poet, is one of the most renowned contemporary Albanian writers. He is author of about forty works of various genres and is considered representative writer of postmodernism in Albania. Some of his most popular works are: The virgin whore, Nude, In search of lost child, The legend of loneliness, The sleep on the snow, etc. Ridvan Dibra is professor at the University of Shkodra.