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Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975) was an Albanian-Italian poet, prose writer, dramatist,[1] and literary scholar and translator.

Biography

Born in Shkodra, where he also attended his first lessons in the Jesuit College he moved to Italy to study in Brescia and then at the University of Padua, and become knowledgeable in Albanian folk history. He began to write under pseudonyms, such as Hilushi, Hilush Vilza and Borizani. He was an education minister at the time of the Italian invasion of Albania during World War II. He sent two hundred teachers to establish Albanian schools in Kosovo. Koliqi was the founder of leading magazines in Albania, many of which covered geography and culture in the country.

As a writer many of his literary works were banned even though he had political connections, which is partly why they were banned for this very reason because of his political views. He became creative in prose, and together with Mitrush Kuteli are considered the founder of modern Albanian prose. He translated into Albanian the works of the great Italian great poets: Dante, Petrarka, Ariosto, Tasso, Parini, Monti, Foskolo of Manconi, and also translated into Italian the Antologjinë in 1963.

In his books such as Hija e Maleve (1929), Tregtar flamujsh (1935) and Pasqyrat e Narçizit (1936), Koliqi brings a unique spirituality to Albanian litetature.

He died in Rome in 1975.

Works

  • Skanderbeg's Call (Albanian: Kushtrimi i Skanderbeut), (1924)[2]
  • The Shadow of the Mountains (Albanian: Hija e maleve) (1929),[2]
  • The Traces of the Seasons (Albanian: Gjurmat e stinëve) (1933),
  • Flags' Merchant (Albanian: Tregtar flamujsh) (1935) [2]
  • The Mirrors of Narcissus (Albanian: Pasqyrat e Narçizit) (1936),
  • Symphony of the Eagles(Albanian: Symfonia e shqypeve) (1936).
  • The Albanian Popular Epic (Albanian: Epika popullore shqiptare)PhD thesis at the University of Rome.(1937)[2]
  • The Fences of the Awakening (Albanian: Kangjelet e Rilindjes) (1959),
  • The Taste of the Leavened Bread (Albanian: Shija e bukës mbrume) (1960),
  • Albania (1965),

Other legacy

  • Founder of the magazine Ora e Maleve (English: The Mountain's Fairy)- 1923 [2]
  • Onwer of the periodical Shejzat (English: The Pleiades- Rome [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ a b c d e f Gjovalin Shkurtaj and Enver Hysa : Gjuha Shqipe për të huajt dhe shqiptarët jashtë atdheut

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