Background
Kukaj was born in Tërstenik Drenas in the Republic of Kosovo.
Kukaj was born in Tërstenik Drenas in the Republic of Kosovo.
He was educated in Drenica and Prishtina.
Since 1975 he worked in the editorial staff of the Publishing House "Rilindja" as editor for children literature. He died at the age of 67 on 11 September 2005, in the Albanian town of Ulqin, Montenegro.