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Ernest Koliqi - Keshilla nga maturantet per vitin e pare dhe te dyte (2016)
Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975) was an Albanian writer, literary scholar, journalist, translator, teacher and politician.
Contents
- Ernest Koliqi Keshilla nga maturantet per vitin e pare dhe te dyte 2016
- Zone e lire shkolla ernest koliqi hap 9 vjecaren 28 qershor 2013
- Biography
- Works
- Other legacy
- References
Zone e lire shkolla ernest koliqi hap 9 vjecaren 28 qershor 2013
Biography
Born in Shkodra, where he also attended his first lessons at the Shkodër Jesuit College, he moved to Italy to study in Brescia and then at the University of Padua, and became knowledgeable in Albanian folk history. He began to write under pseudonyms, such as Hilushi, Hilush Vilza and Borizani. In the 1920s and 1930s Koliqi was the founder of leading magazines in Albania, such as the Illyria magazine, and others, which covered geography and culture in the country. He also was Minister of Education at the time of the Albanian Kingdom during World War II, when he sent two hundred teachers to establish Albanian schools in Kosovo.
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 is considered the founder of modern Albanian prose. He translated into Albanian the works of the great Italian poets: Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giuseppe Parini, Vincenzo Monti, and Ugo Foscolo. He distinguished himself in the translation of an anthology of Italian poetry in 1963.
In his books such as Hija e Maleve (English: The Shadow of the Mountains), 1929, Tregtar flamujsh (English: Flags' Merchant), 1935, and Pasqyrat e Narçizit (English: The Mirrors of Narcissus), 1936, Koliqi brings a unique spirituality to Albanian literature.
He died in Rome in 1975.