Sejfulla Malëshova

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Sejfulla Malëshova
Sejfulla Malëshova giving a speech
Sejfulla Malëshova giving a speech
BornSejfulla Malëshova
(1900-03-02)2 March 1900
Këlcyrë, Ottoman Empire
Died9 June 1971(1971-06-09) (aged 71)
Fier, Albania
Pen nameLame Kodra
OccupationWriter, politician
LanguageAlbanian
CitizenshipOttoman, Albanian
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Sejfulla Malëshova (2 March 1900

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Biography

Malëshova was born in

Comintern ordered Fundo's death, Malëshova attempted to murder him with an axe.[4][5]

He used to appear as a self-proclaimed rebel poet of the

guerrilla war against the Italian and German occupying armies in Albania, and became known by his pen name, Lame Kodra. In 1945, he was appointed Minister of Culture and Propaganda. In the same year, he was elected president of the newly founded League of Writers and Artists of Albania, which consisted of 74 members initially, with several non-communist intellectuals among them. The League took over the publication of well-known Albanian literature Drita magazine
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Malëshova had emerged as a moderate communist, often inviting publications without regard to their ideological content, which earned him the wrath of

Harry Truman and Clement Attlee for Western recognition of Albania. In 1946, Koçi Xoxe, working under orders from Yugoslavia purged a number of members of the party, including Malëshova, who was denounced as a "right-wing opportunist".[6] In 1947, he was tried for subversive activities and imprisoned.[7]

After leaving prison, Malëshova spent the rest of his life as a warehouseman in Fier, shunned by almost all his fellow citizens. If anyone dared speak to him, he would pinch his lips with his fingers, to remind them of the vow of eternal silence which would ensure his survival. He died there, an outcast, in 1971. His funeral was attended only by his sister, the gravedigger and two Sigurimi agents.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Sejfulla Malëshova". www.forumishqiptar.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  2. ^ Albanian literature: a short history By Robert Elsie, Centre for Albanian Studies (London, England) pp. 163-164. [1]
  3. Greenwood Press
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  4. ISBN 9781317475934
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  5. ISBN 9781317995395
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  6. ISBN 9781476663791
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  7. ISBN 9780275927837
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  8. ^ Robert Elsie (1991). "Albanische Literatur und Kultur nach sechsundvierzig Jahren Sozialismus. Ein Zustandsbericht" (PDF). Südosteuropa - Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsforschung (in German). 48 (11–12): 600–613.
  9. ^ Albanian literature: a short history By Robert Elsie, Centre for Albanian Studies (London, England) pp. 163-164. [2]
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