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Born in Fishta Të Zadrimes , Fishta studied Philosophy and Catholic Theology in Bosnia . In 1902 , he became the head of the Franciscan Gymnasium in Shkodra . From the beginning of April 1919 to 1920 , he served as Secretary of the Albanian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference . At the end of 1920, he was elected to parliament by Shkodra, and in 1921 the became the Vice President of the Albanian Parliament . In 1924 , Fishta supported Fan Noli in his attempt to found a democratic system in Albania. After the establishment of the Zogu Regime, Fishta left willingly to go into exile in Italy in 1925 / 26 , before he resumed his position as teacher and writer in Shkodra. He died in Shkodra in 1940. Through both his work as a teacher as well as through his literary works, Fishta had a great influence on the development of the Written form of his native Gheg Albanian . Fishta worked moreover as a translator (of Moliere , Manzoni , Homer , et al.). WORKS
Fishta was the editor of the magazine ''Hylli i Dritës'' ( 1913 ) and the newspaper ''Posta e Shypnisë'' ( 1916 - 1917 ). REFERENCES
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