Born to a CatholicAlbanian 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,[2] in Brescia;[3] and afterwards in Bergamo.[2] Then at the University of Padua, and became knowledgeable in Albanian folk history. He began to write under pseudonyms, such as Hilushi, Hilush Vilza and Borizani. In the 1920s and 1930s Koliqi was the founder of leading magazines in Albania, such as the Illyria magazine, and others, which covered geography and culture in the country. He also was Minister of Education at the time of the fascist puppet Albanian Kingdom during World War II, when he sent two hundred teachers to establish Albanian schools in the occupied Yugoslav area of Kosovo.
As a writer many of his literary works were banned even though he had political connections, which is partly why they were banned for this very reason because of his political views. He became creative in prose, and together with Mitrush Kuteli is considered the founder of modern Albanian prose. He translated into Albanian the works of the great Italian poets: Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giuseppe Parini, Vincenzo Monti, and Ugo Foscolo. He distinguished himself in the translation of an anthology of Italian poetry in 1963.
In his books such as Hija e Maleve (English: The Shadow of the Mountains), 1929, Tregtar flamujsh (English: Flags' Merchant), 1935, and Pasqyrat e Narçizit (English: The Mirrors of Narcissus), 1936, Koliqi brings a unique spirituality to Albanian literature.
He died in Rome in 1975.
Worksedit
Literary worksedit
Skanderbeg's Call (Albanian: Kushtrimi i Skanderbeut), (1924)[4]
The Shadow of the Mountains (Albanian: Hija e maleve) (1929)
The Traces of the Seasons (Albanian: Gjurmat e stinëve) (1933)
ernest, koliqi, 1903, january, 1975, albanian, journalist, axis, politician, translator, teacher, writer, portrait, 1938born, 1903, 1903shkodër, ottoman, empiredied15, january, 1975, 1975, aged, rome, italypen, nameborizani, hilushi, hilush, vilzaoccupationpol. Ernest Koliqi 20 May 1903 15 January 1975 was an Albanian journalist pro Axis politician translator teacher and writer 1 Ernest KoliqiPortrait of Ernest Koliqi 1938Born 1903 05 20 20 May 1903Shkoder Ottoman EmpireDied15 January 1975 1975 01 15 aged 71 Rome ItalyPen nameBorizani Hilushi or Hilush VilzaOccupationPoliticianteachertranslatorwriterLanguageAlbanianItalianAlma materUniversita degli Studi di PadovaGenreRealismSignature Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 2 1 Literary works 2 2 Translations 2 3 Other legacy 3 ReferencesBiography editBorn 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 2 in Brescia 3 and afterwards in Bergamo 2 Then at the University of Padua and became knowledgeable in Albanian folk history He began to write under pseudonyms such as Hilushi Hilush Vilza and Borizani In the 1920s and 1930s Koliqi was the founder of leading magazines in Albania such as the Illyria magazine and others which covered geography and culture in the country He also was Minister of Education at the time of the fascist puppet Albanian Kingdom during World War II when he sent two hundred teachers to establish Albanian schools in the occupied Yugoslav area of Kosovo As a writer many of his literary works were banned even though he had political connections which is partly why they were banned for this very reason because of his political views He became creative in prose and together with Mitrush Kuteli is considered the founder of modern Albanian prose He translated into Albanian the works of the great Italian poets Dante Alighieri Petrarch Ludovico Ariosto Torquato Tasso Giuseppe Parini Vincenzo Monti and Ugo Foscolo He distinguished himself in the translation of an anthology of Italian poetry in 1963 In his books such as Hija e Maleve English The Shadow of the Mountains 1929 Tregtar flamujsh English Flags Merchant 1935 and Pasqyrat e Narcizit English The Mirrors of Narcissus 1936 Koliqi brings a unique spirituality to Albanian literature He died in Rome in 1975 Works editLiterary works edit Skanderbeg s Call Albanian Kushtrimi i Skanderbeut 1924 4 The Shadow of the Mountains Albanian Hija e maleve 1929 The Traces of the Seasons Albanian Gjurmat e stineve 1933 Flags Merchant Albanian Tregtar flamujsh 1935 The Mirrors of Narcissus Albanian Pasqyrat e Narcizit 1936 Symphony of the Eagles Albanian Symfonia e shqypeve 1936 The Albanian Popular Epic Albanian Epika popullore shqiptare PhD thesis at the University of Rome 1937 4 The Fences of the Awakening Albanian Kangjelet e Rilindjes 1959 The Taste of the Leavened Bread Albanian Shija e bukes mbrume 1960 Albania 1965 Translations edit The Great Poets of Italy Albanian Poetet e medhenj te Italise in two volumes 1932 amp 1935 The Mountain Lute Albanian Lahuta e Malcis parts of it in Italian Other legacy edit Founder and director of Shkendija magazine English The Spark 5 Founder and publisher of Shejzat English The Pleiades Rome 1957 1973 5 References edit Encyclopaedia Britannica a b Petro Vucani 1975 Jeta dhe veprat e Koliqit Shejzat 14 18 Elsie Robert 2010 Kuteli Mitrush Historical Dictionary of Albania Scarecrow Press p 234 ISBN 9780810873803 a b Gjovalin Shkurtaj Enver Hysa Gjuha Shqipe per te huajt dhe shqiptaret jashte atdheut a b Elsie 2010 p 235 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ernest Koliqi amp oldid 1181099546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
