Esad Mekuli (Serbian Cyrillic: Есад Мекули; 17 December 1916 – 6 August 1993) was an Albanian poet, critic and translator.
Robert Elsie considered him the father of modern Albanian poetry in Yugoslavia,[2] and his influence in Kosovo remains immense.
He began working in Peć as a veterinarian and was arrested again by the Italian army in 1942 for being suspected of having connections with the resistance movement.
[6] After World War II he continued to work as a veterinarian, as well as the editor of the only legal Albanian newspaper of Kosovo "Rilindja" (Rebirth).
Esad was married to Sehadete Mekuli, gynecologist, public figure, and inspiration for the character Teuta Shkreli in Ismail Kadare's 1985 novel Krushqit jane te ngrire (The Wedding Procession Turned to Ice).