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Sotir Kolea

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Sotir Kolea (1872-1945) was an Albanian folklorist and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.[1]

Life

Sotir Kolea was born in Berat, southern Albania in 1872. In 1896 he worked as a teacher of Albanian language in the Albanian community of Kavala.[2] After migrating to Switzerland he published in Lausanne the newspaper L'Albanie from 1915 to 1919. From 1928 to 1937 he served as the director of the National Library of Albania.[3] In 1944 his work on Albanian proverbs Një tufë proverba was published in Tiranë.

Sources

  1. ^ Buda, Aleks (1985). Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar (in Albanian). Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH. p. 486. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. ^ Clayer, Nathalie (2007). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe. KARTHALA Editions. p. 320. ISBN 9782845868168. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ^ Carroll, Frances Laverne; Houck, Susan (1997-01). International biographical directory of national archivists, documentalists, and librarians. Scarecrow Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780810832237. Retrieved 4 July 2011. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)