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Gjergj Fishta




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

  • ''Lahuta e Malsisë''. poems, Zara 1902

  • ''Anzat e Parnasit''. satire, Sarajevo 1907

  • ''Pika voese më vonë ri botuar si Vallja e Parrizit''. Zara 1909

  • ''Shqiptari i qytetnuem''. melodrama, 1911

  • ''Vëllaznia apo Shën Françesku I Assisi-t ''. 1912

  • '' Juda Makabe ''. tragedy, 1914

  • ''Gomari i Babatasit, Shkodër''. 1923

  • ''Mrizin e Zanave, Shkodër''. 1924

  • ''Lahuta e Malësisë''. Gesamtdruck, Shkodër 1937


Fishta was the editor of the magazine ''Hylli i Dritës'' ( 1913 ) and the newspaper ''Posta e Shypnisë'' ( 1916 - 1917 ).


REFERENCES

  • The information in this article is based on that in its German equivalent.

  • Maximilian Lambertz: Gjergj Fishta und das albanische Heldenepos "Lahuta e Malsisë" - Laute des Hochlandes. Eine Einführung in die albanische Sagenwelt. Leipzig 1949.



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