Maria Antonia Braile

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Maria Antonia Braile (born San Demetrio Corone, Calabria) was an Italian-arbëreshë writer and the first Albanian woman writer to ever publish literature in Albanian.

She was born in San Demetrio Corone in Calabria.[1] Braile published in 1917 in Calabria, Italy, a collection of poems in Arbëresh language, entitled Canti.[2]

Braile is part of the Albanian world of poetry. Her poetry is simple and melancholic.[3] She will be remembered as the first Albanian woman poet.[4]

References

  1. OCLC 310695315
    , Maria Antonia Braile aus S. Demetrio Corone (Cosenza)
  2. ^ Jorgaqi, Nasho (8 March 2015). "Nasho Jorgaqi: Zërat e parë femërorë të letërsisë shqipe". Shqiptarja. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. ^ Giuseppe Gradilone (1983). La letteratura albanese e il mondo classico: 4 studi. Bulzoni. p. 215.
  4. ^ Kodra, Klara (March 2003). "Poetesha e parë arbëreshe dhe shqiptare : Maria Antonia Braile". Diana. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2015.