RILINDASI SUPPLEMENT RILINDASI The infinitive outside the standard, the debates of ’52, ’53 and ’72 Mentor Quku, the sad farewell of a passionate polyglot PAGES 15-22
THE CONGRESS Mentor Quku: The Monastery would have failed without Ndre Mjeda On page 26
BY ROBERT ELSIE Branimir Gushiqi (Branimir Gušiæ: 06.04.1901 - 06.07.1975) was a descendant of an old Croatian family. He completed his medical studies at the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb in 1926. Gushiqi was a distinguished figure in Croatian medicine, known as a specialist and
The story of the young man who protested against the Jesuit rector in 1941 By MENTOR QUKU The poet, writer and talented translator, Zef Staku was born on 9 February 1922 into a civic Shkodër family with patriotic traditions. From his youth he stood out for his literary talent and
The story of the young man who protested against the Jesuit rector in 1941 By MENTOR QUKU The poet, writer, and gifted translator Zef Staku was born on 9 February 1922 into a middle-class Shkodër family with patriotic traditions. Even in his youth he stood out for his literary ta
The Shkodra poet whom the communist regime sentenced to death BY MENTOR QUKU The talented poet, writer, and translator Zef Staku was born on 9 February 1922 into a Shkodra urban family with patriotic roots. From his youth he stood out for his literary talent and patriotic formati
“Albanian Grammar” discovered in Canada BY MENTOR QUKU 1. On the American continent, an unknown autograph manuscript by Dom Ndre Mjeda, Albanian Grammar, has been discovered. At last, the days spent searching for the manuscript of one of Dom Ndre Mjeda’s major linguistic works, A
“RILINDASI” supplement BY Mentor Quku RILINDASI Ndre Mjeda’s little-known work “The Holy History” POETRY Endless for me is every night with storms BY Zyhdi Dervishi PAGES 13-19
“RILINDASI” SUPPLEMENT PAGES 15-22 The last of the dynasty in Dedë Markagjoni’s towering tower The fierce Kruja-Konica polemic in 1925-’26 Mentor Quku, the scholar known for his work on Mjeda
With Budi in hand until he died How he undertook the difficult expedition to Mali me Gropa at the age of 64 Mjeda knew the village’s secret. They did not take brides from outside Guri i Bardhë. That is why they preserved their ancestors’ language intact BY MENTOR QUKU At the age
The years when he was involved with music While Mjeda was a music professor in Cremona, he sent letters to his superior in Shkodër, the rector of the Pontifical College, Father Dedë Pasi SJ. Through these letters, we learn that Mjeda had ties with the deputy maestro of Cremona, l
When he drafted laws and regulations in Parliament The poet’s manuscripts on the Parliamentary Rules and the Law on the Legislative Council are uncovered. These documents reveal a completely unknown profile of the poet and patriot... The poet’s manuscripts on the Parliamentary Ru
ZIJA ÇELA, “THE ZOO PARK HOUR”, THE NOVEL THAT PROVOKES READERS HOW “PRAVDA” JOURNALISTS SPIED ON PARTY LIFE IN ALBANIA RILINDASI Zef Staku, the Shkodër poet whom the communist regime sentenced to death BY Mentor Quku RILINDASI Zef Staku, the Shkodër poet, whom the communist regi
BY MENTOR QUKU ADMIRINA PEÇI It was December 1940 and Father Gjergj Fishta was at the Troshan convent, tired from the years and from his many duties. This time he had decided to rest. No one could believe that the Poet was going through the last days of his life. On 10 December h
Massacre, “Cultural Monument” graves are sold for 3 million lek EXCLUSIVE/ DOM NIK UKGJINI SOUNDS THE ALARM: THE CATHOLIC GRAVES OF RRMAJ ARE IN DANGER They were declared a ‘Cultural Monument’ in 2007. Dom Ukgjini: Even Enver Hoxha did not destroy the three-tier graves of the Cat
EXCLUSIVE/ Dom Nik Ukgjini sounds the alarm: the Catholic graves of Rrmaj are in danger Massacre, “Cultural Monument” graves sold for 3 million lekë Declared a ‘Cultural Monument’ in 2007. Dom Ukgjini: Even Enver Hoxha did not destroy the Catholic triple-tier graves. We cannot ev
They were denied for 70 years because of their religious character BY MENTOR QUKU Mjeda’s prose, a great unknown. Mjeda’s name has entered the history of Albanian culture and literature as a renowned lyric poet. However, that is not enough to say today, when studies on Mjeda have