Information AboutNdre Mjeda |
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Ndre Mjeda ( Shkodër , Albania November 20 , 1866 - Shkodër , Albania August 1 , 1937 ) was an Albanian Gheg Poet . He was influenced by the Jesuit Writer Anton Xanoni and the Franciscan poet Leonardo De Martino . From 1880 until 1887 , Mjeda studied literature at the Carthusian monastery of Porta Coeli , in Valencia , Spain , Rhetoric , Latin and Italian in Croatia at a Jesuit institution, at the Gregorian University in Rome , and at another Gregorian college in Chieri , Italy . During these studies, Mjeda began to write Albanian poetry. Some of his most famous poems include ''Vaji i bylbylit'' (''the nightingale's lament'') (1887) and ''Vorri i Skanderbegut'' ('' Skanderbeg 's grave''). Mjeda also taught music in Cremona , Italy, at the College Of Marco Girolamo Vida from 1887 to 1891 , and translated various religious literature. He published ''Jeta e sceitit sc’ Gnon Berchmans'' (''the life of St John Berchmans'') ( 1888 ), and ''T’ perghjamit e Zojs Bekume'' (''Imitation of the Holy Virgin'') ( 1892 ), a translation from Spanish , ''Katekizmi i madh'' (''the great catechism''), another translation, and ''Historia e shejtë'' (''Sacred history''). Mjeda later on studied at Gregorian college in Kraków , Poland , and taught Philosophy and Philology , as well as served as a librarian at the Gregorian college in Kraljevica , where he was also appointed professor of Logic and Metaphysics . He was expelled in 1898 after a conflict between Austria-Hungary and the Vatican . Mjeda served as a member of the Literary Commission , in Shkodër, under the Austro-Hungarian administration, as well as a deputy in the National Assembly Of Albania . He left politics after Fan Noli 's defeat, and the rise of King Zog . He then served as a parish priest in Kukël , and taught the Albanian Language and Literature at the Jesuit college in Shkodër until his death. REFERENCES ''The facts on this biography were originally gathered from Albanianliterature.com.'' EXTERNAL LINKS |
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