[1] His father, Isuf Gjata, was a teacher who joined the National Liberation Movement during World War II and fell in 1944.

Fatmir Gjata studied in the French Lyceum of Korçë and later he attended the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow.

As a communist and a poet, he wrote several poetry volumes during World War II and later, some of which would become known partisan songs.

[3] Fatmir Gjata is also known for directing some of the most important institutes of art and culture in Communist Albania.

He served as Chairman of the Committee for Arts and Culture, member of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists, editor-in-chief for 25 years of Nëntori literary magazine, journalist, and member of the collegial council for other press organs such as Zëri i Popullit, Drita, Ylli, Hosteni, etc.