Aleksandër Xhuvani
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| Born | March 14, 1880 Elbasan, Ottoman Empire (now Albania) |
| Died | 22 November 1961 (aged 81) Tirana (Albania) |
| Occupation | writer, scholar |
| Notable awards |  People's Teacher |
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Aleksandër Xhuvani (14 March 1880 – 22 November 1961) was an Albanian philologist and educator.[1] He studied at the University of Athens before coming to Elbasan, where he taught at the Normal School. Xhuvani spent much of his career working for the improvement of Albanian schools; he also advocated the standardization of the Albanian language in the years following Albania's independence. Among his writings are grammars in Albanian, as well as a dictionary of the language. Xhuvani also served as a politician, sitting in both the Constituent Assembly of the Albanian Kingdom and as a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania. In the latter he served as vice-president of the Presidium towards the end of his life.
Elbasan's Aleksandër Xhuvani University is named after him.
References
- ^ "Më 14 mars 1880 lindi Aleksandër Xhuvani, gjuhëtar dhe pedagog i shquar". VOAL - Voice of Albanians. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
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