Ben Andoni, born in 1966 in Tirana, studied Geography and worked firstly at the Hydrometeorological Institute. Since 1996 his main profession has been as a journalist. He wrote for the newspaper
Koha Jone, was Cultural Editor of the newspapers
Gazeta Shqiptare and
Korrieri, Chief Editor of the weekly magazine
ABC and Deputy Chief Editor of the magazine
MAPO. He was also correspondent of the Belgrade news agency BETA and of other foreign agencies and newspapers. Ben Andoni translates from Serbian, Croatian and English. His publications include Albanian translations of the works
Derviš i smrt by Meša Selimović and
Tajna doline piramida by Emir Imamović Pirke.