Donat Kurti
Donat Kurti | |
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| Born | September 3, 1903 |
| Died | November 11, 1983 (aged 80) |
| Occupation(s) | Catholic cleric, teacher, folklorist |
| Known for | The Songs of the Frontier Warriors and Legends, 1937 |
Donat Kurti (1903–1983) was an
Albanian folklore and epic verse. With Bernardin Palaj, he published the best-known cycles of epic poetry in Kângë kreshnikësh dhe legenda (The Songs of the Frontier Warriors and Legends), Tirana
, 1937.
After
Burrel, Beden, and other internment camps). During this period he translated the New Testament into Albanian. He is also remembered for his two-volume Prralla kombtare mbledhë prej gojës së popullit (National Folk Tales Collected from the Mouth of the People), Shkodra, 1940, 1942.[1]
See also
- Catholicism in Albania
- Thimi Mitko
- Shtjefën Gjeçovi
- Albanology
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0810861886, archived from the original(PDF) on 2014-10-06
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