Llazar Siliqi

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Llazar Siliqi
Born1924 (1924)
Died2001 (aged 76–77)
NationalityAlbanian
OccupationPoet
SpouseHenrieta Dodbiba
Parent
RelativesDrago Siliqi (first cousin)
FamilySiliqi
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Llazar Siliqi (1924–2001) was a notable Albanian poet.[1] His poetic profile was influenced by the work of Mayakovsky.[2]

Siliqi was born in

Nazi concentration camp in Pristina, today's Kosovo.[4]

Siliqi was the librettist of the first Albanian opera,

Scanderbeg) of 1969, an epic-heroic work written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Scanderbeg, Albania's national hero, with music from Jakova as well.[6]

Siliqi is also known for the epic-narrative poem Prishtina (Pristina) of 1949, dedicated to the Pristina Nazi concentration camp during World War II,[4] and for the screenplay of the movie Komisari i Dritës (Commissar of Light) of 1966.[7]

A long time member of the

Albanian League of Writers and Artists, he participated in the Orthography Congress of 1972 where the orthographic rules of the Albanian language were standardized, and was one of the signatories.[8]

Other works

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