Petro Nini Luarasi

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Petro Nini Luarasi
Petro Nini Luarasi
Petro Nini Luarasi
Born(1865-04-22)22 April 1865
Luaras, Albania, then Ottoman Empire
Died17 August 1911(1911-08-17) (aged 46)
Ersekë, Albania, then Ottoman Empire
OccupationPriest, Writer, Teacher
Notable worksExcommunication of Albanian letters
The Defamation of the Albanian
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Petro Nini Luarasi (born 22 April 1865

Albanian National Revival
as a publicist and teacher.

Life

Once that he finished the

free masonry and Protestantism", while condemning his work with Albanian schooling and stating that the Albanian language "did not exist".[4]

Subsequently, he emigrated to the United States in the 1904–1908 period, where he was an active member of the Albanian National Movement and initiator of the patriotic associations Motherland Nostalgia (

Negovani school, which had been founded by Papa Kristo Negovani
.

Albanian school of Flampouro (Negovan) in 1909. Petro Nini Luarasi (teacher) in the center

He also contributed to the organizations for the path that lead to the Declaration of Independence of Albania ( secession) from the Ottoman Empire.[6][7][8][9][10]

Petro Nini Luarasi was one of the delegates of the

Monastir Congress that sanctioned the creation of the Albanian alphabet in 1908. For his patriotic deeds, secession of Albania from the Ottoman Empire, teaching of the Albanian language and social activism he was persecuted both by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and Young Turks regime. By many possibilities he died poisoned by the Patriarchane on 17 August 1911.[7][8][10][11]

Writing

He collaborated, published and was editor in chief with the following magazines:

In these journals he published teaching, poetry and publicistic writings. In his political work Excommunication of the Albanian letters (

Albanian National Revival which were those of uniting the Albanian people in their fight for the freedom of Albania, no matter the religious beliefs.[6]

Recognition

Petro Nini Luarasi has been awarded by the Albanian Government the title People's Teacher of Albania. A high school bears his name in Tirana, Albania.[13] On 13 January 2012 the President of

Honor of Nation Order of Albania.[14]

Work titles

  • Articles in Drita, Sofje, 1907–1908, as editor-in-chief of the paper;
  • Excommunication of the Albanian letters (Albanian: Mallkimi i shkronjave shqipe) Manastir, 1911;
  • The Diffamation of the Albanian (Albanian: Çpërfolja e shqiptarit) Manastir, 1911.

Notes and references

  1. .
  2. ^ Skendi 1967, pp. 133–134.
  3. ^ Skendi 1967, p. 135.
  4. ^ a b Skendi 1967, pp. 137–138.
  5. ^ Skendi 1967, p. 160.
  6. ^ a b Myzyri, Hysni (1978). The First National Albanian Schools 1887- July 1908. 8 Nëntori. pp. 114 and 137.
  7. ^ .
  8. ^ a b Islami, Selim; Buda, Aleks; Frashëri, Kristo (1967). Historia e Shqipërisë, Volume 2. p. 274.
  9. .
  10. ^ a b Redžepagić, Jašar (1970). The Development of Education and of the School System of the Albanian Nation. p. 87.
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  12. ^ "Diffamation of the Albanian and Excommunication of the Albanian letters" (PDF). shqiptarortodoks.com (in Tosk Albanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  13. ^ "Gjimnazi "Petro Nini Luarasi"" [Petro Nini Luarasi High School] (in Albanian). Official Website of the High School.
  14. ^ Presidenti Topi dekoron Petro Nini Luarasin (pas vdekjes) me Urdhrin “Nderi i Kombit” Archived 2012-02-11 at archive.today, president.al, 2012-01-13(in Albanian)

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