Albanian publisher, linguist, literary obsessive and cinephile Arlinda Dudaj is the CEO and executive director of the Dudaj Publishing House. Arlinda Dudaj studied German and English translation and interpretation eventually working as an assistant professor in German at the Faculty of History and Philology at the University of Tirana. Recognizing the need to bring contemporary international literature to Albanian readers, Arlinda Dudaj formed the Dudaj Publishing House in 2001.