About Ernest Koliqi
Lived 1903 – 1975 (aged 71). Ernest Koliqi was an Albanian and Turkish linguist, poet, literary critic, translator, literary scholar and writer.
Ernest Koliqi (20 May 190315 January 1975) was an Albanian journalist, pro-Axis politician, translator, teacher and writer.
Biography
Born to a Catholic Albanian family in Shkodra, where he also attended his first lessons at the local Jesuit College. In 1918 his father send him to study in the jesuit directed "Cesare Arici" college, in Brescia; and afterwards in Bergamo. The Shadow of the Mountains (1929) The Traces of the Seasons (1933) Flags' Merchant (1935) The Mirrors of Narcissus (1936) Symphony of the Eagles (1936) The Albanian Popular Epic , PhD thesis at the University of Rome.(1937) Founder and publisher of Shêjzat , Rome, 1957-1973.
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Who was Ernest Koliqi?
Albanian writer (1903–1975)
When was Ernest Koliqi born?
Ernest Koliqi was born on 20 May 1903 in Shkodër.
When did Ernest Koliqi die?
Ernest Koliqi died on 15 January 1975 in Rome.
What was Ernest Koliqi's occupation?
Ernest Koliqi was a linguist, poet, literary critic, translator, literary scholar and writer.
What nationality was Ernest Koliqi?
Ernest Koliqi was Albanian and Turkish.
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