Anastas Kullurioti

Anastas Kullurioti or Anastasios Koulouriotis (Greek: Αναστάσιος Κουλουριώτης; 1822–1887^[1]) was an Arvanite Albanian writer and nationalist figure in Greece.^[2]

Alvanikon Alfavitarion, or Abavatar arbëror.

Biography

Born in Salamis^[a], Ottoman Greece of Arvanite descent, he spent some of his early years there and later moved to Athens, where he settled in the Plaka district, being noted at the time as the "Albanian quarter" of the city.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} Still a young man, he emigrated to America and made his fortune, although little is known about that period of his life.

Upon his return to Greece, along with Panayotis Koupitoris, he founded the weekly Η φωνή της Αλβανίας (English: The Voice of Albania), which lasted from September 1879 to mid-1880.^[8][9] Among the goals of his nationalist activities were the founding of an Albanian political party in Greece, the opening of Albanian-language schools and the liberation of Albania from the Ottoman rule.^[10] In early 1880s, he traveled south Albania to win support for the nationalist cause, which inevitably brought him into conflict with both Turkish and Greek authorities.^[10][11] He got arrested in Gjirokastër with the request of the Greek consul and extradited to Corfu. He was imprisoned in Greece for some time, and he is said to have died poisoned in prison in Athens at the beginning of 1887.^[10][12][13]

 

Front page of "The Voice of Albania" issue, October 18, 1879

Works

• Αλβανικόν Αλφαβητάριον, (English: Albanian Primer Athens, 1882);
• Reader Klumësht për foshnja (English: Milk for Babies Athens, 1882).

Notes and references

Notes

a.	^ According to Elsie and Faensen he was born in Plaka district^[1]^[10]

References

1. Faensen
2. Clayer, Nathalie (2018). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: La naissance d'une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe. Karthala Editions. p. 266. ISBN 978-2811121723.
3. Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse; Todd, Robert B. (2002). Collected Works of Richard Claverhouse Jebb. Continuum International. p. 65. ISBN 1-85506-933-4. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
4. Poulton, Hugh; Taji-Farouki, Suha (1997). Muslim identity and the Balkan State. C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 1-85065-276-7. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
5. Facaros, Dana; Theodoru, Linda (2008). Peloponnese & Athens. Cadogan Guides. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-86011-396-3. Retrieved 2010-06-03.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. Davies, Prebendary (July–December 1880). "Contemporary Books (Classical Literature)". The Contemporary Review. 38: 853. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
7. Shay, Anthony (2002). Choreographic politics: state folk dance companies, representation, and power. Wesleyan Publishing House. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8195-6521-1. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
8. Nathalie Clayer (2007). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 291–. ISBN 978-2-84586-816-8. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
9. Zihni Reso (1981). Anastas Kullurioti dhe gazeta "Zëri i Shqipërisë," 1879-1880. Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori". Retrieved 7 May 2011.
10. Robert Elsie (March 19, 2010). Historical Dictionary of Albania. Historical Dictionaries of Europe (2 ed.). Scarecrow Press. pp. 252–253. ISBN 978-0810861886.
11. Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian National Awakening, 1878-1912. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-65002-9.
12. Winnifrith, Tom (2002). Badlands, Borderlands: A History of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania. Duckworth. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-7156-3201-7.
13. Faik Konica; Bejtullah D. Destani (2000). Faik Konitza: selected correspondence. Centre for Albanian Studies. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-873928-18-9. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

Bibliography

• Faensen, Johannes: Die albanische Nationalbewegung. p.120.
• Reso, Zihni: Anastas Kullurioti dhe gazeta "Zëri i Shqipërisë," 1879-1880.
• Skëndi, Stavro: The Albanian national awakening, 1878-1912.
• Elsie, Robert: Historical Dictionary of Albania. p. 252-253.
• Lloshi, Xhevat (2008). Rreth Alfabetit te Shqipes [Around the Albanian Alphabet]. Logos. ISBN 9789989582684.