Elvira Dones (born July 24, 1960)[1] is an Albanian novelist,[2] screenwriter, and documentary film producer.
Born in the coastal city of Durrës Dones graduated from the State University of Tirana.
In 1988 she was employed by Albanian State Television and in this capacity traveled to Switzerland, where she defected.
From 1988 until 2004, Dones lived in Switzerland where she worked as a writer and a television journalist, while also writing, directing, and producing several documentaries.
The bulk of her writing is in either Italian or Albanian, but several of her documentary films have been subtitled in English.